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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a lot of American sports like basketball and football have salary caps. Teams are only allowed to spend a certain fixed amount on players. Equipment is standardized for the sport, so investing money in equipment shouldn’t give an advantage. So higher financial resources don’t really matter.

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