Last thought about the ranking of the sports list. I lived in Thailand for two years. Soccer was by far the most popular sport, and no one cared about MLS teams from the US. They all had knock off jerseys of Arsenal, Man City, Man U. For US sports, people asked me about football and basketball. Golf was higher than baseball since Tiger Woods is part Thai. I would say they knew more about random Olympic sports than baseball.
My wife lived in Argentina. Soccer, and Messi, ruled the streets. She said when the National team played, it was a national holiday. The next morning, even the dogs were hung over. After soccer, everyone cared about NBA and Manu Ginobli, who is Argentinian. No one asked her about MLB.
When I think about the NBA and NFL, I see international players. The NBA specifically has an amazing roster of international stars. The NFL has a long list of Polynesians who are getting into Canton. While the US has the Caribbean, and Japan and Korea, they are lacking star power in the rest of Asia, Africa, Europe and South America. And as I said in another post, Africa is the next great economic factor according to economists.
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