>Look at the nfl and nhl. You can predictably know which team most superstars will be playing for the following season, because the players collectively aren’t a bunch of divas. There’s much more loyalty.

As far as the NFL goes, there's definitely no shortage of divas. I dont know about the NBA but the NFL just has strong mechanisms to keep players if you want to

Cricket isnt usually in the convo as its a summer sport. But yeah AFL is larger, league 2. I dont think the gap is as large as people think though

Union is a distant afterthought

Worth noting that half of Australias population lives in those 2 states