Brits scratch heads at US College sports fanatics

pettyfog · Nov 17, 2006

The real Varsity game

The most bizarre thing about the US system is that the British model is the norm for baseball and ice hockey - although they use "farm teams" as opposed to age-group teams and reserves.

Not, however, for American football or basketball. Hence the excitement and cash generated by those two sports for US universities.

But there is another reason behind the popularity of US college sport.

Whereas NFL outfits are an assortment of the best players that each franchise can assemble/afford, college teams are usually, give or take a few prize recruits, made up of local players.

Which is why even contests such as Michigan v Ohio State ladies' lacrosse 2nd team match, will still draw a bigger crowd than next week's big British Universities Sports Association rugby union match between reigning champions Loughborough and Premier North rivals Newcastle.

And the lacrosse players won't have to wash their own kits.
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