Why football failed to catch on in certain countries

[DonFerrari]

mZuzek said:

DonFerrari said:

If you want to see the most disputed league in the world watch the brazilian league.

Every year before the start of the championship and even during the first games there are between 5 to 15 teams considered with real chances to win the title (average 10), while most other sports or leagues you'll have like a very dominant team (be it Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spanish football, rarely another team will win the championship), be it American Football with Patriots already expected to win before starting the competition, be it Tennis or F1...

Brazilian league is extremely unpredictable but it isn't high quality.

Brazilian teams have won a lot of international championship even when fragmented.

A lot easier to have a single or two very strong teams than have 10-15 strong ones.

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_clubes_campe%C3%B5es_mundiais_de_futebol

Also when you have a very very strong team like Real Madrid playing the rest of the Spanish League RM is playing high level soccer but the others aren't really so saying the league is of high level isn't quite right. Would say that Euro Cup may be little ahead than Taça Libertadores on quality, but the national leagues of europe not so much. The truth is just that some of these leagues have more money to pay for more stars, but concentrated on like 2 or 3 teams on a season.

I would say NBA have higher level than Olympic championship exactly because there are more good teams than Olympic where for several years USA dominated with easyness.

Ka-pi96 said:

DonFerrari said:

If you want to see the most disputed league in the world watch the brazilian league.

Every year before the start of the championship and even during the first games there are between 5 to 15 teams considered with real chances to win the title (average 10), while most other sports or leagues you'll have like a very dominant team (be it Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spanish football, rarely another team will win the championship), be it American Football with Patriots already expected to win before starting the competition, be it Tennis or F1...

I can't say I've ever seen any Brazilian football, but if we're talking most competitive leagues in the world then I think the English Championship deserves a mention too. That's definitely a competitive one that's very hard to call before the season starts. Helped by the fact it's not a top division so the top teams aren't in it anymore the next season, but even the relegation places are very hard to call so it's not just the top end.

Yep, I have to agree England and France are a lot more competitive than the other national leagues, that may also be the reason why they aren't as frequently Euro champions or World champions because there are a lot of leveled teams and the power doesn't concentrate to much.