Baseball, basketball, hockey, tennis, soccer, boxing. These are the major $ sports in this country. Actually they are major $ sports in many, many countries around the world. When I was a youngster kids joined sport clubs to train in certain sports. It was not to become millionaires but just to become good. If a better life came along with success, then it was for the better.
Today the end product governs the starting effort. There are sports that offer free college scholarships for those who excel. And then go on to the golden pastures. There are sports that do not require any education, like tennis because it starts at a very early age and continues for the selected few until they retire with ample capital for a good life.
Then there are sports that recruit from outside of the country, like baseball. The national sport of the US is recruiting the best of its players from Columbia and other neighboring countries. There are good American players, but the cream is from other countries.
Soccer is similar. Even though years ago there were soccer clubs in school yet, soccer never developed into a popular sport and it did not develop any real good players. Now, it appears to catch some popularity but most of the players are from other countries.
It is magical to see the power of money how they are assemble winning teams wherever they want to. Most countries sport clubs are having foreign players on their rosters. From Nigeria to Turkey to the US. These players will go where the money leads them to. This also makes good and friendly teammates, regardless of their religion or nationality.
With this, sport is one of the biggest international business in the world. I politics would work that way we would be in a better situation.
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