View Poll Results: Which major sport is most manipulated by the league for marketing reasons?

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  • Football

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  • Baseball

    6 18.18%

  • Basketball

    20 60.61%

  • Hockey

    2 6.06%
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  1. 02-16-2009 #1
    picnroll
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    Of the four major sports, assuming you consider hockey a major sport, which one do you feel is the most manipulated by the league for marketing reasons?
    Last edited by picnroll; 02-16-2009 at 10:13 AM.
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  2. 02-16-2009 #2
    m33p0
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    nike. that's all you need to know.
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  3. 02-16-2009 #3
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    co-mvp's

    how cute.
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  4. 02-16-2009 #4
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    stern getting what he wants, and when he wants it = lame

    its even worse than match fixing....
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  5. 02-16-2009 #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by FreeMason
    co-mvp's

    how cute.
    Stern's wet dream come true, how convenient...
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  6. 02-16-2009 #6
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    Ive seen bad officiating in all sports, but never to the degree of the bull 2006 Finals in any other sport.
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  7. 02-16-2009 #7
    IronMexican
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    Boxing.
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  8. 02-16-2009 #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by IronMexican
    Boxing.
    Boxing isn't even in the top 10 sports, probably in part because of the years of scandal and corruption involving the game.
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  9. 02-16-2009 #9
    IronMexican
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    Boxing is bigger than hockey.
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  10. 02-16-2009 #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by IronMexican
    Boxing is bigger than hockey.
    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_pro..._in_popularity

    I chose not to include NASCAR and WWE. Extreme fighting is probably more popular than boxing now.
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  11. 02-16-2009 #11
    IronMexican
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    So the WNBA is also bigger?
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  12. 02-16-2009 #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by IronMexican
    So the WNBA is also bigger?
    Reading is FUNdamental.
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    Quote Originally Posted by picnroll
    Extreme fighting is probably more popular than boxing now.
    Extreme fighting...

    But you're right...MMA is more popular than boxing...
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  14. 02-16-2009 #14
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    you forgot soccer my freind..
    its the most popular sport in the world
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  15. 02-16-2009 #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by j-money24
    you forgot soccer my freind..
    its the most popular sport in the world
    basketball > soccer > every other sport
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  16. 02-16-2009 #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by j-money24
    you forgot soccer my freind..
    its the most popular sport in the world
    Except in the U.S., where it ranks right behind curling.
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  17. 02-16-2009 #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by j-money24
    you forgot soccer my freind..
    its the most popular sport in the world
    Yeah but we all know soccer and WWE are fixed.
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  18. 02-16-2009 #18
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    Baseball.

    I think the basic tacit consent of the steroids era by MLB and its owners in the 1990s and early 2000s to re-establish their fan bases essentially amounted to complete manipulation of the sport. I think it continues to be so despite the steroids witch hunt they have been doing the last few years. The NBA is dirty, but I think baseball is worse. Despite last year's Finals and the 2006 debacle, there have been 4 championship teams in the 2000s that come from "unpopular" franchises, Spurs and Pistons.
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  19. 02-16-2009 #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thompson
    Except in the U.S., where it ranks right behind curling.
    Because nobody wants to watch that boring . I'd rather watch the Manning brothers and Williams sisters have that oreo eat-off than watch soccer.
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  20. 02-16-2009 #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by dirk4mvp
    Because nobody wants to watch that boring . I'd rather watch the Manning brothers and Williams sisters have that oreo eat-off than watch soccer.
    Oh I agree, that's why I said it ranked behind curling. With good reason.
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  21. 02-16-2009 #21
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    Baseball is definitely corrupt. As far as marketing, it's the NBA. The NBA promotes stars rather than teams which is why we see alot of bad teams with stars on ESPN. That is why we see alot of bad teams on national TV.
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