how important are they
Everything has to be about money nowadays, so surely it must be ok for sporting events to be played without crowds/fans right? Surely fan owned teams will survive with only money right?
lmao no without fans there is no sales and no sales = no money and no fans = no sponsors since the whole point of sponsors is for fans to buy the products that the sponsors have and no live fans will drastically drop merch sales since a lot of people impulse buy esports shirts and stuff rather than go buy it cause they like how it looks