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Originally Posted by PocketsAintFull
In terms of European fans, none of the main US sports are 'mainstream', but they do have a strong 'underground' ('cult'?) following, which is why the NFL and now MLB (and NBA actually) are trying to grow their markets in London. I think the games being there also attracts European fans over too, so there's definitely enough fan interest to sell out games and be interested (at least for a couple games a year, anyway).
Now, whether that will ever lead to being a 'mainstream' European sport, I have no idea, but I suspect it's a valuable foothold either way.
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Basketball is mainstream in a great deal many European countries. Football is still the most popular in most but in probably at least 15 or so you could call basketball the second most popular sport.