An American sport question

GoldenRivet · 12-17-16, 02:25 PM

I think it depends a lot on what part of the United States you are in. The USA experiences a rather large change in ethnicity and general demographic over its expanse, sometimes even in the range of just 100 miles people in one area can be a complete and total 180 from people in another area. Just ask anyone who has flown from London to New York, then onward to Dallas. There is a huge difference between the people.

Where i live, football is king. from high school football all the way up through the professional level of the NFL. in fact, some of the high school stadiums not too far from here have seven figure construction costs. Conversely the "stadium" where my high school played football was little more than a field with portable bleacher seating on either side... considerably less than $1.4M to build.

also, weather permitting, when the family gets together here in Texas for Independence Day, thanksgiving or Christmas - the game of choice in the back yard is unanimously football, and the game of choice on TV every Sunday, (and some Thursdays and Mondays) is always football. You would never find us watching baseball, basketball or hockey etc

interestingly, when i would travel to Kentucky in my youth to visit grandparents and over a dozen cousins... nobody there wanted to play football - Despite the fact that two of my oldest cousins played basketball all through middle and high school their game of choice for backyard antics was always baseball, and the sport to watch on TV was (and still is) Basketball, though only on the collegiate level.

as you can see, its hard for me to speak for the whole country... the preference changes from place to place. But in Texas... if you ain't watchin football, you may as well pack it up and head North.

12-17-16, 02:25 PM	#9
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	I think it depends a lot on what part of the United States you are in. The USA experiences a rather large change in ethnicity and general demographic over its expanse, sometimes even in the range of just 100 miles people in one area can be a complete and total 180 from people in another area. Just ask anyone who has flown from London to New York, then onward to Dallas. There is a huge difference between the people. Where i live, football is king. from high school football all the way up through the professional level of the NFL. in fact, some of the high school stadiums not too far from here have seven figure construction costs. Conversely the "stadium" where my high school played football was little more than a field with portable bleacher seating on either side... considerably less than $1.4M to build. also, weather permitting, when the family gets together here in Texas for Independence Day, thanksgiving or Christmas - the game of choice in the back yard is unanimously football, and the game of choice on TV every Sunday, (and some Thursdays and Mondays) is always football. You would never find us watching baseball, basketball or hockey etc interestingly, when i would travel to Kentucky in my youth to visit grandparents and over a dozen cousins... nobody there wanted to play football - Despite the fact that two of my oldest cousins played basketball all through middle and high school their game of choice for backyard antics was always baseball, and the sport to watch on TV was (and still is) Basketball, though only on the collegiate level. as you can see, its hard for me to speak for the whole country... the preference changes from place to place. But in Texas... if you ain't watchin football, you may as well pack it up and head North. __________________