I find a brain for breakfast and he explained why football failed to catch in some countries.
Interestingly, many countries where it's not the most popular sport were formerly part of the British Empire: United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India.
I'll summarize them.
Ireland: Due to Anglophobia, native sports such as curling and Gaelic football were promoted by Irish nationalists.
Canada: The cold climate lead to ice hockey becoming the dominant sport.
United States: Baseball was the first major professional sport, American football became the dominant sport and basketball became the urban sport of participation.
India: Cricket became popular in India due to consistent competition with commonwealth countries such as England and Australia from their test nation status.
Australia: Due to Australia's physical isolation, the native sport of Australian rules became popular. Cricket remained popular due to a similar reason as India.
I know he didn't explain Japan in the video, but baseball became the dominant sport there because Americans brought the sport there and baseball became the main game at university campuses.
Last edited by HomokHarcos - on 23 July 2018
