NFL is the #1 most popular sport, MLB is #2 and NBA is #7 behind NCAAF, Soccer, Hockey & AutoRacing

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KingpinOG said:
Damn a lot of sensitive NBA fans.

MLB>>>>>>NBA
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MLB is on it's dying bed:russ:


MLB is hanging on from old white men. The younger generation is moving on



MLB Struggling To Attract One Key Demographic

Fresh off a thrilling World Series in which TV ratings were up from last year, not everything is look good for Major League Baseball.

One key demographic -- children ages 6 to 17 -- is conspicuously losing interest in the sport. According to the Wall Street Journal, kids accounted for 4.3 percent of the average audience for the ALCS and NLCS this year, down from 7.4 percent one decade ago. Kids made up about 4.6 percent of the World Series audience. That figure is lower than the number of kids in the 6-17 range who watch the NFL, NBA, NHL and the English Premier League.

Making the situation more troublesome for MLB is that fewer kids are playing Little League. Matthew Futterman of the Wall Street Journal notes that 2.1 million children played Little League baseball last year, down from 2.6 million in 1997.

The problem with the national pastime isn't just that it's past bedtime. More likely it is that baseball is slower and less action-packed than most other sports.

There is at least one positive sign for baseball. Bob Bowman, chief executive of MLB Advanced Media, told the Wall Street Journal that fans downloaded 10 million copies of MLB.com's mobile app this season. That's an increase of 3.3 million from last season. Many of those downloads are likely coming from kids.

"We know that with kids today, that is the best way to reach them," Bowman said. "And in some cases that's the only way to reach them."

Still, this downward trend feels ominous for many baseball enthusiasts. If fewer kids are following the sport now, what will viewership be like in 10, 20, 30 and 40 years?
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football is religion... and as everyone knows, religion is the dumbest fukkin thing on the planet so...
 
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KingpinOG said:
Things may change, but as of right now MLB is more popular than the NBA. MLB also makes more money than the NBA.

http://www.foxsports.com/buzzer/story/which-pro-sport-generates-the-most-revenue-051414
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reg season 160 games vs 82 w/bigger stadium:stopitslime:


This past summer

Listening to this recent Bill Simmons podcast with Collin Cowherd.

@ 5:12...to paraphrase

"NBA free agency is more relevant than the current MLB season...NBA is an 11 month sport now and it started with Lebron's 2010 decision. The only other sport that's an 11 month watch is the NFL but the difference between the two is that the NBA is more popular on a global scale. Noone cares about the NFL outside the USA".

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=11253262&ex_cid=espnapi_public
 
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BonafideDefacto said:
The poll is both accurate and flawed.
Some of yall nikkuhs need to just come to grips with the fact that in U. S.; The NBA isn't top 3 according to the manner in which this poll was conducted.
Outside black neighborhoods... Hoops falls significantly down the list.
But with that said...
Thee poll is flawed due to the manner in which they compiled the data.
These folks were asked what's there favorite sport.
Not what's there top 3
Understand that most basketball fans might prefer the NFL #1 then the NBA #2, or even NCAAB #1 but NBA #2
This would flaw the poll
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NBA is straight garbage and no one in 'Merica gives 2 f*cks about it.... behind NASCAR breh? C'mon now

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blo...s-poll-shows-pro-football-still-americas-most



Here's another link in case you jigs dont believe me and i need more people

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10354114/harris-poll-nfl-most-popular-mlb-2nd
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aint this poll old...
like i said a year ago or whenever this BS came out
these are the same pollsters that said mitt romney was gonna win in a landslide :obama:
 
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IllmaticDelta said:
reg season 160 games vs 82 w/bigger stadium:stopitslime:


This past summer

Listening to this recent Bill Simmons podcast with Collin Cowherd.

@ 5:12...to paraphrase

"NBA free agency is more relevant than the current MLB season...NBA is an 11 month sport now and it started with Lebron's 2010 decision. The only other sport that's an 11 month watch is the NFL but the difference between the two is that the NBA is more popular on a global scale. Noone cares about the NFL outside the USA".

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=11253262&ex_cid=espnapi_public
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Bill Simmons is the biggest nba fan in the world and works for the nba and Cowherd hates baseball..two very non bias sources there :mjlol:
 
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