Jerzy wrote:
Poker is like one of those
brainwashing TV competitions when one wins visible money.

I don't think that matters much. There's no visible money in
football, for example.

We are comparing mind games like poker and chess. Football involves mostly
muscles and of course it gives no intellectual entertainment like chess or
even poker.

And Football works very well with TV because of the excitement
involved. There are cheerleaders, shouting, laughing, and having fun.