I wouldn't know a quarterback sneak from a quarterhorse taking a leak.
BTW, hardly "my" article. Just literally the first link that Google popped up when searching for "bread and circuses".
The most important thing here is the quote:
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The Roman satirist Juvenal, writing in the first century AD, lamented that "the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things — bread and circuses."
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Juvenal was referring to the arena, gladiator combat, etc. as mass distractions to keep the populace occupied and socio-politically neutered.
IMHO football, baseball, professional wrestling, and golf are all the same thing.