And I'm not just saying that, either.
I do believe that in order for professional sports to continue to succeed, they must grow their brands, and dare I say it, globalize.
In previous decades, American fans could believe that the best team in the US was also the best team in the world.á
No more.
Whine, cry, and whimper all you want, the reality of sports has been that as the national economies have grown, countries have become more economically stable, it often has followed that the nation's passion for more sports does too.
That is not to assert that I know there's a direct correlation between the economic status of a country and that nation's love for sports, but typically (not always), the more stable a country is, the more it usually means the nation will love sports.
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Why I Love The World Baseball Classic, and the NFL Should Too
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