AlexisChess897 wrote:
So when are we going to see professional chess players paid the same as professional baseball players? Or at least, when will we see them make a livable income if they are not in the top 50 in the world?
Probably never.
What's Wrong with American Chess
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Apr 7, 2019
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#24
Maybe if they made the game more exciting and attractive... and had more tv exposure... but Chess can never compete with team sport like soccer and nfl ect.
Apr 7, 2019
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#25
Lion_XVI wrote:
Maybe if they made the game more exciting and attractive... and had more tv exposure... but Chess can never compete with team sport like soccer and nfl ect.
I am going to disagree with this one.
Did you know coverage of the Carlsen-Caruana match last winter, was at the time the #1 rated program on Twitch?
I'm serious!
Chess might not be cut out for TV, no. But it is custom-made for the internet.
We are living today in the Golden Age of chess media. The advent of the internet, has blown this sport wide open.
I am very excited to see where it will lead.
Apr 7, 2019
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#26
your all so lucky, you try getting many Australians into chess, its impossible, and trying to get more than a footnote in the media is a task not to be achieved for a long time.
No reply... because he doesn't have one. Only thing he does is criticise.
Chess is a poor sport.
Many talented youngsters change career.
Soviet dominated Chess for decades.
Fact, fact, fact.