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To: thames_sider who wrote (22246)	8/16/2001 11:04:56 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 82486

Baseball? US, Japan, Cuba... is it played elsewhere, professionally? Other Latin American countries besides Cuba but in many of them soccer is bigger. Tim

To: thames_sider who wrote (22246)	8/16/2001 11:39:12 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I remember reading about American football in England in the '80's , the story was there was a weekly NFL game replay shown in an hour time slot that built up a following. Then the NFL started playing a yearly exhibition game in London, and the English were somewhat astounded to see how slow the game was in real time. It's a great TV sport, though, you don't have to watch too closely because everything good gets replayed 6 times or so. There is a NFL European farm league now, though it's down to 6 teams, 1 in Scotland. The Scottish Claymores, what an odd name, isn't Claymore a land mine? The European league started out as the World League of American Football, but it apparently underwent some downsizing. See nfleurope.com and geocities.com

To: thames_sider who wrote (22246)	8/16/2001 5:23:54 PM
From: Bill	Respond to of 82486

When soccer has competition, it always loses. The most popular sport in Central America and Japan is now baseball. The most popular sport in France is cycling. Australian football dwarfs soccer in Australia and New Zealand. Basketball is king in Yugoslavia. Hockey rules Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. And the fastest growing sport in Spain and Germany is... American Football. Soccer has no traction here because there are alternatives. In Nigeria and Chad, soccer rules.