That’s definitely not true. Ridiculous ticket prices that are out of reach for working Americans is the problem. I’ve been at the World Cup abroad, and there were a ton of Americans there. I took my son to a reasonably priced ‘friendly’ between Real Madrid and Manchester United at the U of Michigan football stadium in Ann Arbor and ~106,000 people showed up. The prices now are out of control.
I wonder if the original prices were set too high for fans and the scalpers hoped to drive them even higher. I would love to see the scalpers get stuck with a bunch of tickets they paid a lot for.
Whatever you want to believe…
If soccer appealed to America it would be popular. Period
Anyway:
“ In America, the average ticket price for American football is roughly \(\$300\), whereas soccer matches average about \(\$105\).”
I guess the millionaires are tapped out thanks to their increasing tax burden. They’re the only group that can afford those ticket prices.
“I’ve been at the World Cup abroad, and there were a ton of Americans there.”
So ten to twenty Americans there?