Season 3 Episode 18 Ancient Sports Cults

This one has it all..... Most deaths, most blood, and least love.  We talk about ancient sports and how culty they were. The Good: First rubber balls Settling disputes through games Way to make money and very entertaining Horses Smart spouse You Ladies of The Night can become the emperors wife The Bad: Loosing a game should never be quite that harsh (death) Lack of logic Know what team is the best to be on 30K people killed because they were on the green team The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?): The Nice Cult lets listeners vote on who should be sacrificed (Gunnar or Gwen) Sources: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_ballgame Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariot_racing Culture Trip: https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/mexico/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-mayan-ball-game/ Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/sports/chariot-racing Scinceinfo: https://scienceinfo.net/pokatok-the-terrible-mayan-ball-sacrifice-game.html History: https://www.history.com/news/chariot-racing-ancient-rome The Nice Cult: https://thenicecult.com