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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
CMV: Loyalty does not exist in professional sports and people are dumb to feel betrayed when athletes move around or demand trades

Pro sports are an entertain business.  People like winning teams because watching your team win is entertaining.  It's the primary job of the front office to constantly value players in comparison to the open market so that they can 1) improve their prospects of winning a championship and 2) get the best value for their money.

It's fine as a fan to play GM because you want your team to win and you can argue personnel decisions all day long but in the end, an athlete is just an employee and it's only natural that they should put their own interest above their team's or their fans' interest.
gpt
Regardless of whether loyalty really exists in sports, the appearance of loyalty sells tickets and merchandise and gets people to engage with the sport. If your business model relies on the illusion of a personal relationship with the fans, it's only natural that breaking the illusion results in backlash.