While there are plenty of toxic attitudes and behaviors in American sport as well, it seems (from a distance) that the European football system is worse. It mi

While there are plenty of toxic attitudes and behaviors in American sport as well, it seems (from a distance) that the European football system is worse. It might be that the laundering of loyalties through colleges helps the US a bit here. The 17-23 year-old athletes are inside, and must feign allegiance to, a system of more supervision and higher educational aspirations. Many fans acquire collegiate affiliations far from their home region, and the overall fan base might lean more college-educated, because of all the co-marketing during college years.