pip - you have a bad habit of using inverted commas such that some newbies to a thread may think they are quotes from me, when they are not.
Tim: you ignored my answer regarding what have become world sports, and globalisation/Americanisation/capitalisation. But on the latter, and in light of the present predicament of free-market capitalism:

"Within the broader music industry, and beyond, what some get for their hour's work, compared with others, is ridiculous and inhumane; hence, many relatively competent musicians within the folk-scene are really struggling to make ends meet; so, if we like fair competition, we don't like capitalism. A better way, as I've suggested in verse, is to accept that humans are competitive, and have strong regulations (partly via nationalisation) to make that competition as fair as possible – whilst also providing "safety-net" support" (from here).