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Is there any market in the world where rival leagues of the same sport compete in the same geographic location? Maybe there aren’t new leagues because Americans
by petesergeant 1y ago
Is there any market in the world where rival leagues of the same sport compete in the same geographic location? Maybe there aren’t new leagues because Americans don’t care enough about new sports?
Further, it’s the teams, not the leagues that make money, which I didn’t pick up in a brief skim of the article. Why would any team want to join an rival league? League monopoly seems like the natural fit, and let the competition happen between teams.
- munchler 1y agoBoth the NFL (football) and MLB (baseball) formed from competing leagues in the US.
- petesergeant 1y agoRight, but they did merge, and I’d argue it’s because it’s natural for a sports league to be a monopoly. Fans wanna see the best players and teams compete with each other.
- pekim 1y agoDarts might not be considered a sport, but the British Darts Organisation [1] and the Professional Darts Corporation [2] co-existed (somewhat acrimoniously) for nearly 30 years. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Darts_Organisation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Darts_Organisation (BDO) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Darts_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Darts_Corporation (PDC)