Of course, they will. Football is the most popular sport in the world, and it has a huge fan following, following that fact, sportsbooks have a larger percentage of their sports bettors from this category only. Maybe 50% or more are football lovers out of the total sports bettors in a platform because it is the most-used sport when it comes to gambling.

This could happen for gambling or sports betting only though, I don't see a reason why a nation would stop their citizens from participating in a sport in general, sports are considered to be very good for health and people who are involved in sports tend to have a larger lifespan compared to those who don't play or participate in any sports at all.