Sport(s) in the USA

World wide there are tons of sports and different countries have different preferences and/or favorite sports. Within America the stereotype of what the "All-American" sport is, is football. Once football season that is pretty much all that is talked about. There is also a mix when basketball season kicks in around the same time. The games tend to overlap with each other, making it hard for fans to keep up with their teams.

Within most of the teams, the common traits are: they all have some sort of ball, equal amounts of players, competitive, and for some reason, they are generally male-dominated. Although the US has come very far in trying to level the field within men and women, there is the undeniable preference for the men in sports as opposed to the women. The typical (or the most televised games) are usually with the men's teams. Occasionally they will show a glimpse of the cheerleaders or their dancers on the sidelines when they break away to commercials.

To be "successful" as an athlete, everyone has to know what them you play for, what position you play, what the number on your jersey is, and you have to outshine everyone else. There are often players who have the stories that are based on the "American Dream": they started off at a small town or school and were somehow scouted and went to college and then drafted into the big leagues. At the end of the day, the most important thing about sports in America, is winning. Being as our country has always been highly competitive, we strive for our teams to provide and exemplify the same standards.