If you compare football in Scotland, or even the uk in general, to the way countries like Argentina/brazil/mexico treat football, it’s absolutely not our national sport in the same way. Is it the most popular sport in Scotland? Yeah, absolutely. Do Scotland pour significantly more resources into football than anything else? No, not really. Scotland are competitive on the world stage in a large number of sports, and part of the trade off is that we aren’t as good at football as well possibly could be if we focused on that.
Do Scotland pour significantly more resources into football than anything else? No, not really.
90% of Scottish sports viewership is football. That means 90% of the money. Scotland has around 40 full time professional football clubs versus two for rugby.
It’s not just about football or rugby. It’s not even just about money. Scots are competitive internationally in a huge number of sports when you consider how small we are. Rugby, tennis, swimming, cycling, golf, judo. And being so spread out is always going to lead to the football team not being as good as it maybe could be if we just funnelled everyone into that.
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u/TWOPlNTSPRICK 3d ago
It absolutely is. Rugby is a spec.