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steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat

Jarmak posted:

Said every fan of every long time US sports franchise ever right before the move was finalized.

Uh

European soccer teams usually have one town where they are popular. Sometimes even less, like there's one traditional city district where all their real fans live. Moving the team would be in effect the same as dissolving it and starting a completely different team somewhere else.

In comparison this is what the distribution of football fans looks like in the us



A bit more leeway, isn't there

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steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat
I think every major football country in Europe has like one or two major clubs with international potential that could conceivably live out of their name recognition after relocating (though I'd be skeptical about that), but ultimately the main body of all national competitions is made up of teams with no such privilege.

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