NFL is the #1 most popular sport, MLB is #2 and NBA is #7 behind NCAAF, Soccer, Hockey & AutoRacing
Disgustya Stallone
Man Who Owns 2 Microwaves
yup, even more popular than football sonetimesVery few white people I know watch the NBA.And all that. Especially in the northern border areas, hockey is more popular than basketball in most
This. The way they asked the question gives way more credit to niche sports like Hockey and Car Racing than they deserve. For most regular sports fans your interest rotates between Football, Basketball and Baseball depending on what season it is...
Tony D'Amato
It's all about the inches
Q
uestion: What team is the most valuable of the 30 clubs in the NBA?
A
nswer: The New York Knicks are worth $592 million.
From that same article
IllmaticDelta
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Very few white people I know watch the NBA.
No it's not. Of the Big 4 sports its
1.NFL
2.NBA
3.MLB
4.NHL
Internet data is more on point than some random poll where we all know it was like 95% white people of a certain type/bias.
"The NFL is far and away the most popular league in the United States. In almost every state, the NBA was the second-most popular league, but the MLB and NHL did make a few appearances in the number two spot. New York is the only state in which the NBA is the most popular league. In Florida, Oklahoma and Oregon, the NBA and NFL tie for first. With the knowledge that NFL is the most popular sport in America, you might guess that the most popular sports position would be one from the NFL. You’d be right"
NHL and MLB teams are barley drawing net searches
http://www.besttickets.com/blog/most-popular-athletes/
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IllmaticDelta
Veteran
yes sir!
NFL/American Football has no global appeal
The top of the NBA endorsement food chain is led by LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. Both are global superstars who made $42 million and $34 million, respectively, last year from endorsement partners. James has been one of the NBA’s top endorsers since he was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003. His current partners include Nike, McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Samsung Electronics , Upper Deck, Audemars Piguet and Dunkin’ Donuts.
The four-time MVP is the NBA’s top endorser.
Five championships and 18 years of All-Star play transformed Bryant into the most popular player in China with a little help from his main backer, Nike. Bryant also has deals with Turkish Air, Lenovo, Hublot and Panini for merchandise.
The NBA’s top 10 endorsers pulled down $155 million last year by our count. It dwarfs the totals in baseball and football. MLB’ s 10 biggest endorsers earned less than $30 million off the field last year with only Derek Jeter and Ichiro Suzuki (all in Japan) making more than $3 million from sponsors and merchandise. The NFL’s top 10 made $55 million from endorsements, led by Peyton Manning at $12 million in 2013. The NHL lags even further behind with the 10 biggest stars making $15 million cumulatively.
“It’s gotta be the shoes,” Spike Lee told us 25 years ago, as his alter ego Mars Blackmon in a series of Nike commercials. And the gap between NBA players and others in team sports all starts with the shoes. The NBA’s biggest stars can command more than $10 million annually from Nike and Adidas . Nike represents almost half James’ off-court income, and James was the NBA’s leading shoe salesman in 2013 with $300 million in retail sales in the U.S. of his Nike signature shoes, according to research firm SportsOneSource. Rose signed a 13-year, $185 million contract with Adidas in 2012. A $1 million a year shoe deal is extremely rare for an NFL or MLB star. Basketball players move product unlike their counterparts in other sports.
Basketball players can also take advantage of the global nature of the sport. Bryant has made trips to China the past eight years for Nike and he is one of the brand’s main chips in its battle against Adidas in China. Bryant partnered with Turkish Airlines in 2010 and has been featured in commercials with global soccer star Lionel Messi. James’ Dunkin’ Donuts deal is for Asia only, and he entered into a new partnership with Chinese Internet services firm Tencent last year. These deals are not available to football and baseball players.
Source: Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2014/02/17/the-nbas-endorsement-all-stars-2014/
NBA endor money compared to NHL and MLB players
global search?No it's not. Of the Big 4 sports its
1.NFL
2.NBA
3.MLB
4.NHL
Internet data is more on point than some random poll where we all is was like 95% white people of a certain type/bias.
"The NFL is far and away the most popular league in the United States. In almost every state, the NBA was the second-most popular league, but the MLB and NHL did make a few appearances in the number two spot. New York is the only state in which the NBA is the most popular league. In Florida, Oklahoma and Oregon, the NBA and NFL tie for first. With the knowledge that NFL is the most popular sport in America, you might guess that the most popular sports position would be one from the NFL. You’d be right"
NHL and MLB teams are barley drawing net searches
http://www.besttickets.com/blog/most-popular-athletes/
where's that MLS list, searches for Thierry Henry alone would easily ecplise any of those numbers
not to mention a bunch of other players
IllmaticDelta
Veteran
global search?
where's that MLS list, searches for Thierry Henry alone would easily ecplise any of those numbers
not to mention a bunch of other players
USA sports
The sample size is fine. That's how inferential statistics work. The question they posed itself is biased.
IllmaticDelta
Veteran
Where them MLB/NHL players at?
so you're saying they are intentionally keeping MLS down cause it'd easily be #1?USA sports
interesting
IllmaticDelta
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so you're saying they are intentionally keeping MLS down cause it'd easily be #1?
interesting
The poll was about USA's big 4 sports.