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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 1112053" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>There's odds of problems to overcome, as concussion issues come to light you'd expect it to trickle down as a replacement for gridiron though. </p><p></p><p>More funding and reward for finding talent like their is in American college sports would help massively but I don't see how they could make it work. Soccer players mature far far earlier than any US sport, someone with Jude Bellingham's talent for example wouldn't break through until at least 19 or 20 in the NBA and I think NFL and MLB are tougher for young players. Clubs need to set up academies which goes against American sports setups. </p><p></p><p>I'd love to see the States make the step up they don't really compete in any global team sports apart from basketball which they dominate, England also need a main rival that doesn't care about beating the Dutch more! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😉" title="Winking face :wink:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" data-shortname=":wink:" /></p><p></p><p>Speaking of, England arguable have the toughest possible route to the cup likely having to go through France, Portugal and Brazil who all have legitimately high hopes also. Potential poetic justice though, an opportunity to beat the three teams that beat their 02-06 golden generation!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 1112053, member: 45598"] There's odds of problems to overcome, as concussion issues come to light you'd expect it to trickle down as a replacement for gridiron though. More funding and reward for finding talent like their is in American college sports would help massively but I don't see how they could make it work. Soccer players mature far far earlier than any US sport, someone with Jude Bellingham's talent for example wouldn't break through until at least 19 or 20 in the NBA and I think NFL and MLB are tougher for young players. Clubs need to set up academies which goes against American sports setups. I'd love to see the States make the step up they don't really compete in any global team sports apart from basketball which they dominate, England also need a main rival that doesn't care about beating the Dutch more! 😉 Speaking of, England arguable have the toughest possible route to the cup likely having to go through France, Portugal and Brazil who all have legitimately high hopes also. Potential poetic justice though, an opportunity to beat the three teams that beat their 02-06 golden generation! [/QUOTE]
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