| port | Possible Reasons for Minority Status | | he United Kingdom | American Football | American Football was an American creation, and at the time of its creation large numbers of Cricket, Rugby and Football (Soccer) clubs were already established leaving no room for other Sports |
| he UK | Baseball | Similar to reasons given above, with Cricket established as a similar pastime. |
| he UK | Road Cycling | The National Cycling Union (of Britain) had massed start road racing banned through most of the 1900s, 10s, 20s and 30s, on safety grounds. While Continental Europe was developing cycling as a sport, Britain was left with little possibility of becoming a cycling nation. In modern terms, they are 40 years behind in a hundred-year-old sport |
| ost of Europe | Cricket | Seen as 'mad'! While there are reasonable minorities of Cricketers in Holland and Denmark, the British Isles is the only part of Europe to play Cricket with much seriousness. |
| amaica | Bobsleighing | The lack of snow in Jamaica. However, the film Cool Runnings centres around the Jamaican boblseigh team in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games. |