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I ain't seen you down here in a coon's age. Don't be startin' any either.
Don't get me wrong--soccer is boring as as well. Baseball is just more boring. ?At least in soccer, there is movement happening, even though that movement doesn't mean much for the most part.
I ain't seen you down here in a coon's age. Don't be startin' any either.
You have to endure 3 hours just to see batters and pitchers produce one run scored.
In football it's just 90 minutes and movement in football is not always non-meaningful. Lateral movement of the ball is what's non-meaningful, Otherwise, it's a constant chase for a pass or a moment of brilliance that will lead to a goal or an assist.
On defense, it's a game of smarts to make sure that your opponent does not have much room to operate in the final third of the pitch.
Royals are badass and as exciting as any professional sports team. Can watch them play any day of the week. I enjoy watching them more than the Pelicans who have a freakishly athletic top 5 player in the league.
That can't be real...
I don't watch baseball.
Stupid refugee.
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5% probably just the small demographic of 70+ year olds that actually knew how to use a computer to vote
Playoff hockey
Playoff hockey
playoff hockey is great... and i still contend that hockey is the best sport to attend livePlayoff hockey
interesting read tbh
http://deadspin.com/that-espn-poll-c...-as-1539533010
The substance of the ESPN report was in a chart from Luker on Trends, the firm that runs the ESPN Sports Poll under a licensing arrangement. It shows that 17.98 percent of children from the ages of 12 to 17 are "avid" fans of MLS, as opposed to 18.04 percent who are avid fans of MLB.
According to Childstats.gov, there are around 25 million children aged 12 to 17 in the United States. This would mean that, per the poll's findings, there are about 4.5 million American teenagers who are avid MLS fans.In 2013, just more than 6 million spectators in total attended MLS games. Average viewership for games on ESPN—presumably the most-watched—wasaround 220,000, and total viewershipfor the MLS Cup Final on English- and Spanish-language broadcasts was around 1 million.
In other words, finger math would suggest that a majority of these alleged avid teenage MLS fans aren't actually watching or attending MLS games. And in fact that's true. According to Rich Luker of Luker on Trends, "Avid MLS fans between the ages of 12 and 17 are not watching much MLS on TV."growth of the game
The reality is that Soccer is growing in popularity and the only reason why it's on odds right now with beisbol is because beisbol the next sports ahead..
When the kids of today grow up to be adults, I wouldn't be surprised if by that time soccer is ahead of fat sport.
It is what it is..Poverty sport is the prefered sport by many metrolpolitan white parents..
I'm neutral on this subject, but as a baseball fan, what would you do to increase viewership among young fans, tbh? Just make games shorter?interesting read tbh
http://deadspin.com/that-espn-poll-c...-as-1539533010
Their progress is minimal at best. It will take a big dive in Baseball for soccer to become even relevant in the US.
Kids here play in in their high school and maybe some in college but that phase quickly goes out the window the minute parents are not pushing them to play it.
As the USA becomes less White, it's natural that baseball interest would start to slide. It is also viewed as the Rich White kids sport (in terms of the Big 4 - football, baseball, basketball). It's a clique.
I attended Padres/Giants over the weekend at Petco. The experience is more interesting that what is occurring on the field.
10 years ago Baseball was my favorite sport. Steady decline since. I've watched <10 total games in the past 3 years.
baseball is the #2 sport in America, don't kid yourselves. Maybe not in 10 years but as of right now MLB still makes more money than the NBA domestically. Soccer is still trailing hockey
Last edited by AlexJones; 04-14-2015 at 05:43 PM.
imo the game needs more offense: shrink the strike zone, allow PEDs, whatever. As a kid I never had a problem with long games as long as there were tons of hits
I wouldn't mind if games go 7 innings too but there's no way the MLBPA would agree to it
How could you leave out the fattest baseball player who ever lived, tbh.
normal football has never been so boring, don't know what is usa getting excited about..
lol MLS. Of course nobody watches that . Watching the MLS in terms of overall level would be the equivalent of watching something worse than the D-League. Champions League is where's is at.interesting read tbh
http://deadspin.com/that-espn-poll-c...-as-1539533010
http://worldsoccertalk.com/2014/05/3...-final-on-fox/
Champions league final US viewership: 1.9 million
http://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybro...owest-watched/
World Series game 7 viewership: 23.5 million
PERIOD
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