phillyfan26
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Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Wayne Gretzky, Muhammad Ali, Willie Mays, and Steve Carlton should all be in this argument. And no, the last one is not local bias.
I disagree with that... you'll find most motorsport drivers are fit as all fuck. Mark Webber, who just won his first GP, is unbelievably fit, as was Schumacher and all the rest of them. They're athletes, just not in the general sense. But yes in car/horse racing, a lot of it comes down to the car/horse, and that's why that can't really be included.People who drive cars are not athletes. People who ride horses in races are not athletes. I mean they aren't in total control. The car and horse are what decide the outcome more than them.
and cricket in general is more widely supported worldwide.
I disagree with that... you'll find most motorsport drivers are fit as all fuck. Mark Webber, who just won his first GP, is unbelievably fit, as was Schumacher and all the rest of them. They're athletes, just not in the general sense. But yes in car/horse racing, a lot of it comes down to the car/horse, and that's why that can't really be included.
Hey? Not even remotely close. Basketball is infinitely bigger than cricket globally.
How? Just look at India. Population of 1 billion, and there isnt a child there that hasn't picked up a cricket bat. They go nuts for it. Basketball's biggest market is the US, pop 300 million, a huge chunk of which dont even like it.
I think he's speaking more in terms of global reach as opposed to actual population figures. Basketball stretches to most of Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia, South America, and a good cross-section of Africa in addition to North America.
I'm not sure how ubiquitous cricket is in the rest of the world, but that's probably the most popular American-based sport worldwide right now.
And large portions of the Chinese population kind of dig basketball, too.
I didn't see any of the kids in Slumdog Millionaire play cricket.
I didn't see any of the kids in Slumdog Millionaire play cricket.
one of the questions he gets stuck on is about cricket.
And the only reason he got stuck on it is because nobody knows about cricket.
I blame Canada.
Wrong. One of the first scenes involves heaps of kids playing cricket, and then they get chased. Also, one of the questions he gets stuck on is about cricket.