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This is kind of a second draft of this thread, but:
Why do you think soccer and the FIFA tournament are so much more popular than basketball and the FIBA tournament?
Does anybody get excited about these playoffs? If so, what would it take to make the latter as popular or more popular than the former? If not, what would make people care in the first place?