Eli5: Why aren’t teams from the economic centers of the United States, such as New York, dominant in basketball or American football?

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In other countries, especially in sports like football (soccer), teams from major urban centers tend to dominate leagues and championships, often because of higher financial resources. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case in the United States, where titles in major sports like basketball and American football are more evenly spread among cities or regions. For example, about football in other countries, it seems almost impossible for a team located in a city similar to where the Green Bay Packers are located to be relevant. Just look at the history of the Premier League, Bundesliga, or La Liga.Perhaps the question is more about why titles are more evenly distributed among regions in these sports in United States, comparing with other countries.

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Drafts and salary caps. In Europe, teams develop their own talent. Any player you see on a European pitch was affiliated with a team by the age of eight. Wealthier teams have stronger academies which develop stronger talent, and those that don’t have strong academies are simply able to buy talent. There is no draft that distributes talent amongst the clubs. Either you spend a decade developing an 8-year-old into a pro, or you have to buy the finished product from another club. There is also no salary cap, so wealthier clubs can simply outspend poorer clubs.

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