Why would anyone want to bring the “championship” of a “sport” that is at best an exercise in futility to the United States? I guess Obama is just pandering to another of his rather queer constituencies.
Various places around the country made a LOT of money last time we had it here. Think about it, a couple hundred thousand people show up and stay in hotels for a month, eating at restaurants, drinking at bars. That’s a fat wad of cash into the economy.