i said current form. Nobody cares about NFL pre-Super Bowl era. Many of the franchises weren't around. There's no loyalty to the Jaguars and families haven't lived in the same area for nearly as long.. it's a country of transplants.
NHL isn't "American" only.. most of the teams that matter are Canadian. That's why i didn't mention them. imagine Montreal and Toronto leaving and Ottawa and Calgary left behind with no chance of winning the Cup. Canadian people would say that's dumb as hell..
I'm American and this is 100% a crock of shyt. Places like Carolina, Tennessee, Jacksonville and Arizona were over the fukking moon to get NFL teams. Almost every NFL game sells out or nearly does REGARDLESS of a teams place in the league. And people HAVE lived in those places for HUNDREDS of years. But what you fail to understand is people take their team loyalty WITH them. There's plenty of Giants fans that live in Ohio for instance..that doesn't mean the Bengals don't have millions of fans...because they do.
Also, your NHL argument is dumb as hell to considering the last Canadian team to win the stanley cup was Edmonton in 1990
The NY Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, Jersey Devils and Chicago Blackhawks have ALL been more relevant and made more money than Canadian teams for the past 20 years. You are talking out of your ass.
But to your point, if the NHL made this choice it would be basically Original Six, Pittsburgh, Washington and probably a couple west coast teams. But the set up isn't the same. The most profitable teams have also been the most successful in the past 20 years. The same isn't so for the Super League where Arsenal, Spurs, Man U and even Liverpool have all been mediocre for the better part of a decade.
that's the thing....there was always hope that one small team would break through.
look at Norwich for example. When I first went to England in like 2005 they were relegated so we went for cheap...now they're in the fukking PL this year
Teams like that that vacillate between Premier and Championship level always made it exciting.
They don't want another Leicester even though that was the best story in the EPL since "AGUEROOOOOOOOO".
But look at who OWNS Leicester.
I personally think this is a way for them to keep China/Asia money out of western football.