There's an enormous amount of money commanded by F1 racing. There are only three, or maybe four, teams that have any chance of winning a race. The other six or seven teams battle to just end up in the points because that determines how the revenue gets shared with the teams.

> The other six or seven teams battle to just end up in the points b

Which means that there is a sportive completion. There are just a few races happening inside a single event.

However in WWE the outcome is fixed and there is no true competition, but a show of fitness, athletism, etc., a more strength based theater piece.

But you can place bets on WWE games:

https://www.sbo.net/wwe/

If they are not 100% transparent about it, then it's matchfixing.

yea, betting on the script. Like betting on the content of a new book coming out.

I suppose there's an X-factor in wrestling in the live physicality of it. There could be planned story events that can't be delivered due to injury or physical error. If a wrestler breaks a leg or seriously dislocates something mid-performance, it's going to be difficult to justify slapping a belt around them at the end.

With "One Life To Live", that sort of surprise is less likely, and they can reshoot it if necessary.

Yea, I guess you could also bet on wether a stage actor in a musical will get hurt or not.

Only moderately so.

The Jets are not favored to win many of their games. The expectation is that they lose.

There are multiple teams where mediocrity would be seen as an improvement.

However, people buy the jerseys, go to games, etc.

Things like the Combine and draft are becoming events on their own. The games are only there to provide the structure for why we should care about one group over another.

Sports are entertainment.