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Originally Posted by arfabe16
I grew up in Mexico, and I don't know of a single school that didn't have a basketball team.
Also, there are plenty of baseball leagues for kids.
Football would be the only "American" sport with lower exposure, as only kids in private clubs join the teams, usually.
But all the others... they're there. You're nuts if you think Latin Americans aren't exposed to basketball and especially baseball. Please, most of the best baseball players are Latin Americans.
Soccer is still more popular. A LOT more popular. |
Valid points.
My argument, though, was that we have every sport available at every competitive level for youths. My neighbors kid plays Rush (
) travel soccer, another neighbor kid plays travel hockey, etc.
Youth baseball is popular in Asia and Mexico, soccer and cricket are popular in Europe and Africa and Aussie kids are exposed to rugby.
Other countries simply don't have the youth sports diversity that the United States does, and that will stunt the development of professional sports in those countries.