Music is, to some degree, fungible. Sure we all have our favourite bands, but as far as a pub is concerned, there are tens of thousands of good enough bands tha

Music is, to some degree, fungible. Sure we all have our favourite bands, but as far as a pub is concerned, there are tens of thousands of good enough bands that can provide atmosphere. Whereas with football, supply of watchable players is highly constrained. Nobody is coming to your pub to watch the local five aside on the TV. Plus there's the gambling aspect...