Why Do People Love Sports In America

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People love sports in the In America. Most people who were born in America have played on a sports team or watched sport being played, and some even go so far as to coaching their own team. People spend a lot of money to go and watch a professional sport. Some times they even depending on how big of a fan they are they will pay extra money to get sports packages on there TV so they can watch any team that they want to. People love to represent their team buy wearing their team apparel like their favorite players jersey. One of the biggest sports in America is Football. The NFL (National Football League) there are 32 teams in this league, and they want to change the name of one team because they claim it to be derogatory towards Native Americans.

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