I mentioned that there is little or no advertising revenue. But we also have a lot of sailing specific understandings and language. Not an easy sport for the never sailed to start watching.
Also, isn't sailing seen as a rich persons sport in the US?
It is even seen as that here..actually a white, rich persons sport.
I certainly understand that F18 is a rich mans games here. There is a feeling that money buys wins. I certainly think that about big boat sailing.
This attitude may in a sports broadcasters sense create a predgudice.

In this country a crappy (from outside the sport this boat must be seen as the cheapest enry level boat) little laser is 14K for a top one. Anyone from the outside would look at that and think..crappy little thing hardly bigger than
a kayak. In this country that boat is as much as a tidy four year old mid sized car with leather, sunroof, electric everything.

Sailing is not everymans sport and a lot of Monday night football is about the watchablity but also the fact thst most young boys have played the game, know the lingo and want to see themselves making the plays.

This is also a truth... pool tables are easily filmed. Maybe the list is about TV sports.