[replying to your nested comment]
Future investors want to know that we ARE paying attention, not just grabbing pennies where we can get it.
Future investors will be interested in what is going on with their investment in the future. It may be that different types of content and interaction are more valuable in the future, but for now I firmly believe that the the greatest value-add to this community is expanding the user base by making the platform more accessible with more ways to interact, earn (even small amounts), and distribute stake.
One comment on something you said earlier:
Going through steemsports first means losing 50% of that.
This is true, to an extent, with Steemsports specifically, but if someone else were to compete, there is no reason they couldn't offer to power down and return 50% or more of the SP received to players (for example on season-long contests or special events). The question is whether this provides enough incentive for the person running the operation to put in their time and effort. Steemsports' business model is based on distributing most of the liquid rewards to players and writers and keeping the SP as gross margin for the rest of the business. Anyone is free to try something else and if it works for them, great. There is no hard and fast rule that says the poster needs to keep the SP.
As I said earlier, I've already upvoted other games and contests if I felt they were based on a significant and credible effort to bring value via an interesting and promising concept and not just empty paid voting that adds nothing more. So I'm happy to see people try other models besides the specific one that Steemsports uses.