Which British Sports Will Become Popular Among Americans in Future Decades?

[pikachu]

I'd be shocked if any of them could even get to the status of soccer during my lifetime. I can see rugby getting to the point where it's popular enough to be a lower-tier college sport, considering that it's already fairly popular as a club sport in a few schools, and there does seem to be a decent push internationally to make the game popular. I don't see a market for cricket since it's only popular among immigrants from the subcontinent and the Caribbean and that popularity hasn't even transferred to the second generation, let alone others. Field hockey is viewed as a girl's only sport and I get the impression that a lot of schools sponsor it for Title IX reasons as a balance to football (I've met a lot of people who are surprised that men play it in other countries.) Really doubt bowls has a future in the US.

Rugby is the only one of these I can see having a strong future. That and lacrosse (a sport that's as American as it gets) are the sports I can see having strong growth.

[pikachu]

On paper you'd think that the significant South Asian and Carribean population in the US could give cricket a base, but the USCA is f**ked up enough that it'll never truly progress.

Maybe we just don't like it?  Jeez.

While true, the ICC doesn't do the best job when it comes to promoting the sport in new areas.