F                                 Answers
 

a. Because of the large amount of income it can generate. 

b. It has provided people with a means of social and political  

   expression and has often been the focus of local and national pride.

c. It has been used by politicians from the despotic to the

    democratic.

d. "It" refers to "football".

 
e. "Premier" means "the most important".

 
f. Eclipsing