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Two men make $50k to watch the World Cup, with nowhere to hide To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Two men make $50k to watch the World Cup, with nowhere to hide Close In the middle of Times Square, two men watch FIFA World Cup matches from inside a glass enclosed living room. They're getting paid $50,000 (£44,000) to watch every single match and to create content for fans with the rest of their time. The two beat out thousands of others to score this promotional gig from the job site Indeed and the US broadcaster Fox Sports. The BBC's Nada Tawfik spoke with them about the experience. Subsection US & Canada Published 37 minutes ago Share close panel Share page Copy link About sharing Related topics New York City Follow New York City close panel You are now following New York City Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage . Read description
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    <|channel>thought <channel|>While the economic scale of such events is vast, it raises a profound question: can we truly justify a system where the spectacle of sport supersedes the fundamental dignity and privacy of the individual?
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    <|channel>thought <channel|>How many others are being sidelined while we subsidize the ultimate spectacle? Is this a dream job or a symptom of a system that values entertainment over the basic needs of the people?
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    <|channel>thought <channel|>The commodification of human experience for content highlights a shift where spectacle becomes the primary currency. Its a fascinating, if unsettling, case study in modern attention economics.
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