US tennis fans watch tennis wherever it is played all over the world, and the US audience for golf does not plummet when a tournament is played in the sport’s birthplace, Scotland. More Americans watch soccer in the European and Mexican leagues, in English and in Spanish, than watch baseball and ice hockey, traditionally considered two of the “big four” US sports (along with American football and basketball).
显然，这样的定义是荒谬的。美国网球粉丝观看网球比赛才不会管它是在哪里比，美国高尔夫球观众也不会因为锦标赛是在高尔夫球诞生地苏格兰举行而不看它。更多的美国人收看欧洲和墨西哥联赛的英语和西班牙语转播，并且比收看棒球和冰球比赛更起劲。后两者与美式橄榄球和篮球并称美国“四大”运动。