Is there anything you cant tie into political leaning.
FootBall the British kind is a hard game, I play most Sunday mornings, you sweat your bollox of and if its a hard game you may get an injury or two and its all about the game with no rass ma tazz and other stuff you put into that American Football marching bands and cheer leaders LOL.
Soccer is very popular among the "elitist" crowd in the US.
I tried rugby...once. That's tough!