Yes, i guess those countries also have basketball and baseball leagues, but this are moderate to not-relevant sports, like for example every player in the Euroleague of Basketball dreams on moving to NBA.
Olympian hockey tournament? The olympics are gonna be in Paris.
But anyways, you are missing the point, football it’s a worldwide thing with many important tournaments, almost all of them with total coverage. Not even the same the level.
I am not against historical or good looking decals.
Yes, Japanese Baseball totally non-relevant. They totally haven’t been producing stars like Shohei Ohtani and Masahiro Tanaka. Millions of Japanese totally weren’t tuned in to the 2023 World Baseball classic championship.
Do you want me to do Korea, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Panama, and Israel next…
Baseball slander will not be tolerated
Wanting more money = how popular you are?
Acting like Nikola Jokić, Luka Dončić, and Victor Wembanyama weren’t household names in their countries and in the country they were playing in, sure.
Doesn’t change the fact that Russians take hockey in the Olympics ten times more seriously. My source:
Their stack of gold medals (they are second behind Canada (A) in total amount of Gold medals)
Be real Ron, no one gives a fuck about world baseball classic championship.
I was clear, it wasn’t “soccer for Brazil back in 2014” as it wasn’t “soccer for Russia in 2018” and same with Qatar. Why would they put something about American National Championship when there wasn’t anything about the World Cup 2022 which is extremely more popular worldwide?
Did we just not see an entire nation of people watch their fellow countrymen play a baseball game? Be real: baseball is widespread and is just as popular as soccer. Once the Netherlands is conquered, we shall move to Scandinavia to acquire 6’5 Vikings that will throw 100 mph fastballs.
You can keep trying hard as you are doing, or simply accept the fact.
That’s close to the 48 nations that play the World Cup 2026… “chinese taipei” ffs! Most of those nations have 5 teams max. on theirs “professional” leagues. Be serious.
Let’s do this so you can save face, call me when “it is only matter of time” becomes now.
Baseball was very popular in Japan in the 1950s and 1960s when entertainment was scarce, but people today do not like baseball as much.
Today, however, people do not like baseball that much, and there is only a small group of people who like it enthusiastically.