I am not a sports fan, so anything I say here is from an outsider. Okay?

I live not too far from a small to mid-sized southern U.S. city which used to have a minor league basketball team. In a town with about 30% black population, about 90% of the audience at a typical basketball game was black. The white majority (where the money is) either didn't care for minor league round-ball or didn't like hangin' with the black folks (Naw! Couldn't be that!). Anyway, the team went belly-up a few years ago due to poor attendance.

Meanwhile, out in Boise, Idaho which has half the population of our fair city and 100% white at that, their minor league team sells out every game.

So, our town now sports a minor league hockey team instead. That's right folks, ice hockey down here in Bubba-Land where a lot of folks have never even seen snow. And the mostly white audience fills the place up every game. These good ole boys just love to watch those Canadians and Minnesotans beat hell out of each other with those little sticks.

Go figure

Bruce