apocolipse t1_jcwyv82 wrote on March 20, 2023 at 4:58 AM

Reply to comment by ecphiondre in Owners of Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals to own teams in America's Major League Cricket by NoQuestion4045

There are more people who know who Sachin Tendulkar is than there are US Citizens... and yet only about 2% of Americans know who he is (Indian Americans... and Seth Macfarlane and people like me who got the joke from the 1 episode of Family Guy)

ecphiondre t1_jcx06zl wrote on March 20, 2023 at 5:14 AM

How is that relevant here? Many Americans don't know Maradona and many Indians don't know Micheal Jordan or Kobe Bryant (I only learned about him after seeing the news of his helicopter crash on Reddit), that doesn't affect anything. Even 1 percent of people in America (3 million) showing interest would be huge for a niche league.

apocolipse t1_jcx1b46 wrote on March 20, 2023 at 5:27 AM

The relevance is to say that yeah, it’s not popular here, given one of the literal most popular athletes in the world 98%+ of Americans have never heard of him.

Compare that to Soccer, also not that popular in the US as a pro sport, most Americans could name at least Ronaldo, Pele, Beckham.