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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
For the same reason mls will never be more popular than euro soccer. Mens American sports has decades upon centuries of roots and allegiances. Not to mention infrastructure from best in class game day experiences to marketing and by a mile… media that pumps a gajillion to maximize viewers.
On top of that we are only just now seeing a generation of young girls motivated to be pro athletes. Even still, it is in pursuing a dream to be a scholarship athlete. Unlike men’s where the dream is to become a multi millionaire.
Men betting better athletes plays into that too. But we’ve seen from women’s tennis and soccer that if you have marketable talent they can generate plenty of interest in spite of that. Alex Morgan and Caitlin clark are clear examples of that.
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The root of the problem is that women's sports...especially team sports...generally aren't as entertaining as men's sports. If there was money to be made, people would invest in them, including plenty of men.