The idea that attending sporting events must be risk free is ridiculous.
Soccer? Hockey? Baseball? You can be severely injured or killed attending those sports.
There was a La Mans race where 80 spectators were killed. They finished the race.
Here a tire went over the fence. Remember the big wreck at Indianapolis when many tires went over the fence? That led to the development of the “Indianapolis catch fence” which most NASCAR tracks use, but NOT Indianapolis!
Go figure.
I'm with you. I find it hard to garner sympathy for people who sit in expensive front row seats at dangerous sporting events where they can get hit by debris, or an errant hockey puck or a baseball bat, or a foul ball. You think it's cool to sit up close to these things? Expect to pay the price, you and whoever you're with, including your loved ones. Same thing for people who participate in these sports or who do dangerous stunts and get killed or hurt. No sympathy: they know what could happen.