Uhhh the size of the stadiums showing the relative popularity of the sport is the most asinne thing I've read in a good while. Football stadiums are bigger because the field of play is about 5 times as big - so naturally you can fit way more people around it. Texas has never been a huge basketball state. It sorta sucks, but it's fine. Other states sports other than football are number one, or they at least rival it in popularity. Take CA for instance. Los Angeles couldn't support either of 2 teams they had. Folks around here aren't particularly interested in attracting a new team either. Texas has never been that way. The few of us who have basketball as our #1 passion are few and far between(or we don't even live there anymore like yours truly).