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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

Mexico has very successful domestic leagues, their players aren't ever interested in playing abroad in "more competitive" leagues because they make a good living playing at home and have a good local celebrity following. Mexico does has fantastic futbol culture, they just aren't interested in playing elsewhere. And !@#$! is spot on, internationally they develop better boxers..

yes, but traditionally, malnutrition has also played a role in limiting the pool of available athletes. i wanted to mention this the other day but didn't want to pile on.

e.g.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americ...055804722.html

now they're also on the other side of malnutrition, a country more obese than the US

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...ms.html?pg=all

it's fucked up.