It's striking how the sports economic systems and the behavior of sports fans in the US are very generally the opposite of stereotypes of the US and Europe.
FirmwareBurner · 2m ago
Those weren't "sports fans" destroying Paris, they were migrants.
I don't know what stereotypes you speak of but I know of no stereotype that there would be more sport hooliganism in the US.
duxup · 1d ago
I think the US is seen as a generally more violent place, but they don't have the hooligan system with sports.
A lot of US sports leagues (not all) are highly structured as far as player unions and restrictions on payrolls go. A teams ability to simply outspend the competition is not available in many leagues. Meanwhile European soccer is generally less restricted.
MattGaiser · 1d ago
The idea of the USA as a relatively chaotic and violent society.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzqL_h8aP04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xos6_stb8wE
A lot of US sports leagues (not all) are highly structured as far as player unions and restrictions on payrolls go. A teams ability to simply outspend the competition is not available in many leagues. Meanwhile European soccer is generally less restricted.