One, the sheer amount of dollars involved. That kind of money should be spent on infrastructure and general support of society, and science, and arts. Not boofheads grinding into one another or whacking a ball with a stick. This is of course caused by...
Trust me the amount of money spent on the sports in Australia is absolute peanuts to the what's paid for professional sports stars in North America.
Minimum wage for a NHL player is about $AU1mil
but I agree the money could be better spent than propping up private sector sports teams by building the nice new stadiums and the like.
Could have built a hospital for what the S.A govt paid to rebuild Adelaide oval.