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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I don’t think this is true. Teams homed in cities with metro area populations greater than 4 million have won 8 of the last 10 super bowls and 7 of the last 10 nba championships.
If there’s a difference, it’s that European countries usually have only have one city with that kind of population.
And Green Bay is a weird special case.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_champions
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