you have to remember that america is small in the world of sports. we do house most of the "weird sports" basketball, american football, Baseball(besides cuba and dominican republic) but besides us, there's soccer, rugby and cricket. well... Jai Lai in south america. yea, america is kind of an anomoly, we generate sooo much money from spectator sports, there's no where for it to go. now it could be given to charity, and everyone have a set salary of 2 mil, but that's no fun now is it? around the world, people think sports are supposed to be fun, so there isn't as much moeny put into it. i guarantee that soccer games in ghana or china don't cost 75$ for nosebleed seats. it's like 2 bucks there. granted the world cup may be different, but that's once every 4 years. only exceptions to this rule may be La Liga, EPL, Bundesliga(maybe). besides that... no money in it. this is all my opinion, you can say what you want, but I've played and spectated in Europe (Ajax vs. AC milan, and Liverpool vs. Valencia).