2743303, RE: It's just sports culture in general. Posted by COOLEHMAGAZINE, Sun Jul-18-21 12:51 AM
>In how many other fields of work are people considered to >have a credible level of expertise with zero actual experience >in the field? > >You could have a show panel with a hall of fame player, a hall >of fame coach, a reporter, and a podcast host...and the >reporter and podcast host are treated as equal voices in the >debate whenever they dispute whatever the true professionals >are saying.
Quite a few actually.
If you convened a panel on great films and you chose a prestigious film critic and a director and an actor, I wouldn't necessarily value one's input over the other.
Same thing with books and a famous writer and a famous literary critic
Or if a politician and a political theorist were both discussing good governance
Etc
I guess one area that wouldn't apply to is the nuts and bolts of the job. Like, I trust that a career politician knows more than a political theorist about how you pass a bill in Congress.
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