| Jaycee_Bam said: The NFL's logistical problems are pretty minor relative to other leagues. If MLB, the NBA, or NHL decided to expand to Europe it would be a lot more difficult to plan. Beyond that though I think the NFL would have a more difficult time succeeding there. Hockey and basketball would have a better adjustment. If done right, in a couple decades or so, I wouldn't mind seeing a NHL-KHL merger. I think with the NBA though, they'd have to choose between expanding in Asia or Europe. |
I think NBA would be a little more successful, if only because basketball is already a mildly popular sport here, which they do already teach in schools. Frankly, I believe that baseball has no hope in the UK. Ice Hockey, too, already has a small footprint, but it's hard to expand due to the nature of the game - kids can't take a sheet of ice down to the park to play it (and I do believe that it's how much kids play it that results in the long term success of a sport).
Lax is in a catch-22 because the gear is quite expensive because it's a niche. If more people played it, prices would go down, but people are reluctant to play, because prices are high (I mean, a bog standard stick is at the lowest £35, and can reasonably go all the way up to over £100, and other gear like helmets and stuff are all typically over £130 (though ice hockey helmets are legal, and are typically only around £60-£70, which is a slight saving). These prices are pretty steep if you just want to try the sport out).
Football has the advantage over sports like lax and ice hockey in the terms that all you really need to try it, is a ball, and a couple of other people who have played before, just like soccer.
