According to conventional wisdom, America is the land of individualism and capitalism while Europe tends to be more egalitarian and socialist. But there is at least one topic that would make many members of the Tea Party sound like they participate in Occupy Wall Street—the role of money in sports.
Imagine for a moment the horrified reaction of many Americans if a sports-gambling website paid the New York Yankees a hefty sum of money to prominently display their logo on the front of the team’s jerseys. This happens all the time in European soccer, where corporate logos on jerseys have long been the norm and gambling websites on jerseys have recently been the norm, at least in the English Premier League.
