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    Der Süden und Iowa sind die Heimat der meisten NFL-Spieler.

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    1. Wanno1 on

      Who cares about per capita for this kind of thing?

      Edit: before you pile on the downvotes remember California is low here but has more players than a lot of the high per capita states combined.

    4. legend023 on

      The south simply prioritizes football more. The northeast likes lacrosse or some shit and a lot of the good players in the more niche states sometimes move to richer football areas just for football.

      Also, the NFL has a high proportion of African-American players which correlates with high proportion of African-Americans in the Deep South for obvious reasons

    5. Mother-Glass8065 on

      I am just tired of the constant American maps. Think of us Europeans you selfish yanks!

    7. vader62 on

      I wonder what the effects of ethno demographics has on this phenomena. Those states have very large populations of African American peoples.

    8. sammysbud on

      „Put some grits on the stove. Jiffy cornbread, booty corn-fed“ – Beyoncé

    10. samdex11 on

      This map is for over representation, not “where players mostly come from”. California, Ohio,and PA are all higher in overall players than all of the dark green states.

    11. lowprofilefodder on

      I mean, you’re not going to get the next great thinker from these places. It makes sense.

    12. cocobunaware on

      I’d like to see a corolation with house prices by county across the US where nfl & nba players come from.

      Admitted as someone from the UK I’d mainly like to see this for trollish reasons.

    14. Nomad2457 on

      Vermont probably has none because people there do not like to engage in stereotypical American behavior. I’ve met quite a few who call the Super Bowl the “Stupid Bowl”.

    15. JeromesNiece on

      This map alone is not sufficient to support the claim that NFL players „mostly come from“ the South and from Iowa. The map shows that these states have the highest *rates* of players coming from there per capita. But in order to see where the highest total number of players come from, you have to multiply the rate by the population.

      California, for example, has 12x as many people as Iowa, so it produces 4.3x as many NFL players as Iowa, despite the much lower per capita rate.

    16. DrewPeanuts021 on

      The proper title would be “A person born in the south, or Iowa, has the highest likelihood of playing in the NFL.” Granted, if you took overall numbers, the map would look about the same. However, California and Texas have huge populations. They probably put out more total players than are represented in the map. I’d imagine Ohio may be a bit higher up too. Without looking further, I’d bet that Texas and California are the highest represented states by numbers only in the league. The point gets across, but the statement isn’t necessarily true.

    17. Budget_Addition1381 on

      What would be cooler is a zip code breakdown. South of lake ochochobee in FL there’s a town of 500 with 50 NFL players 😂

    18. Feeling-Currency6212 on

      Iowa is where the Tight Ends come from. The South is where everyone else comes from

    20. Tommyblockhead20 on

      The title isn’t what the map is saying. The map is places with the most players per capita. Somewhere with 3 million people and 100 NFL players has way more players per capita than somewhere with 30 million people and 200 NFL players. But that’s not the same as most players coming from there. Now it might still be true that those states are where the most players come from, but that’s impossible to know from this map.

    23. Porschenut914 on

      I would be curious how much this is influenced by the major college football teams. With many of the biggest programs and thus most airplay from the south.

    24. BigRedThread on

      The title is not an accurate interpretation of the map. The South and Iowa are overrepresented but that doesn’t mean that’s where most NFL players come from

    28. Waste_Research_5631 on

      Could this map reflect economic opportunity? The lower the expectation of a decent job, the greater the participation in football.

    30. ParadiddlediddleSaaS on

      I’m a little surprised my home state (MI) is this high, but the Lions were selling out even when they were terrible plus two B1G schools and three larger directional D1 schools so I guess it makes sense.

    31. Empower_the_Now on

      Coming from Minnesota, that explains so much. Iowa: the Dirty South of the Midwest.

    32. WyattWrites on

      Damn give Iowa an NFL team if they carrying the league on their back like that.

    33. CaseInformal4066 on

      Im not familiar with American football. Is this another „black belt“ map?

    35. rahxephon7 on

      I wish there were stats for American Samoa. Their culture is very sports heavy and competitive.

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