Why is the favorite sport of Americans football rather than basketball?

For Americans, they prefer highly antagonistic sports, such as football, which is relatively highly antagonistic, so many Americans prefer football to basketball.

Although playing basketball has certain antagonism, it has too many limitations, and the venue is relatively small, which is much larger than football. Moreover, people who play rugby are more masculine, and the restrictions of rugby are relatively low.

I believe everyone has seen some American movies. It is rare to see father and son playing basketball in movies, but more often they practice rugby with each other. This is a subconscious state that goes deep into American culture. It is precisely because of this cultural background that people prefer football to basketball, just as Brazilians like playing football in their bones.

For example, for most people in China, we prefer playing basketball to playing football, because playing football requires a huge venue, while playing basketball requires only one venue. In a word, the popularity of a sport in a certain country or region is caused by many reasons. But in any case, the popularity of NBA in the world is much higher than that of rugby, so in a big way, basketball is a relatively large-scale reading project.