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It's an outgrowth of the history of the region
Posted on: September 14, 2019 at 23:33:23 CT
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The south was pretty underpopulated until after WWII when DDT and the air conditioner made living there more amenable to a larger number of people (my wife's late grandmother was born in northern Louisiana in the 1910's and had malaria most of her life).
Professional football (and baseball for that matter) did not arrive until the 1960's in NO and Atlanta and both those teams were mediocre for many years. Miami had a competitive team earlier but Miami really isn't the south as we know it and a long way from Tallahassee and Gainesville. While it's true that KC did not get a team until the early 60's also, the Chiefs were pretty good from the onset and played in 2 of the first 4 superbowls. Not to mention that both St Louis and KC had established baseball teams (especially St Louis) before the 60's.
In the mostly rural south, it was all about college football. That's also true for OU and Nebraska. No pro teams and a lot of emphasis on the college game.
Schools with huge enrollments like tOSU, Texas and Michigan maintained big time programs out of the sheer size of their alumni population.
I would suspect that Missouri (especially when the football Rams/Cardinals were around) had the most pro teams per capita in the country. It's little wonder why college football has never taken off in Missouri like in the south. I suspect it never will, especially in the days of waning interest in the sport (and 4+ hour long football games).
Edited by KC rules at 23:44:23 on 09/14/19
Professional football (and baseball for that matter) did not arrive until the 1960's in NO and Atlanta and both those teams were mediocre for many years. Miami had a competitive team earlier but Miami really isn't the south as we know it and a long way from Tallahassee and Gainesville. While it's true that KC did not get a team until the early 60's also, the Chiefs were pretty good from the onset and played in 2 of the first 4 superbowls. Not to mention that both St Louis and KC had established baseball teams (especially St Louis) before the 60's.
In the mostly rural south, it was all about college football. That's also true for OU and Nebraska. No pro teams and a lot of emphasis on the college game.
Schools with huge enrollments like tOSU, Texas and Michigan maintained big time programs out of the sheer size of their alumni population.
I would suspect that Missouri (especially when the football Rams/Cardinals were around) had the most pro teams per capita in the country. It's little wonder why college football has never taken off in Missouri like in the south. I suspect it never will, especially in the days of waning interest in the sport (and 4+ hour long football games).
Edited by KC rules at 23:44:23 on 09/14/19
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It's an outgrowth of the history of the region - KC rules MU - 9/14 23:33:23