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So, the US/Canada is considered to have four major sports leagues - the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL. While the MLS is growing, it still isn't considered to have reached that stage yet. So, I've decided to rank them, however while #1 and #4 were easy choices, #2 and #3 were very hard as they tend to flip:

1. NHL - No shocks here, ice hockey is my favourite team sport to watch and I like playing the video games too

2. NFL - I really like watching the sport itself, but the video games I'm not really a fan of

3. MLB - I have gone to more MLB games than the other 3 combined (in fact I've only been to 1 NHL game and 0 NFL and NBA games), and I like the video games too

4. NBA - Not that I dislike it or anything, but I just feel that it isn't as interesting as the others, maybe because it's too high scoring which kind of eliminates the drama of whether or not there will be a goal/run/touchdown that the other sports have. I'm also not as big of a fan of the games.



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1. NFL Follow it more closely then the other three.
2. NBA Actually has my favorite athletes.
3. NHL Don't follow it as much as I used to.
4. MLB Super boring I actually like college football and basketball more.



NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB. I can only watch NHL and NFL, tough. I got bored with baseball and basketball in the 90's. Never could get into soccer, but that's not really considered a major sport, in the USA.

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Just NBA for me. NBA used to be low scoring in the 90s but then they got rid of the hand check and the 3 second rules which made it easier to score now



NBA > NFL > NHL > MLB



Chris Hu said:
1. NFL Follow it more closely then the other three.
2. NBA Actually has my favorite athletes.
3. NHL Don't follow it as much as I used to.
4. MLB Super boring I actually like college football and basketball more.

This would be my ranking as well, though I really don't care about the NHL either, but it at least is infinitely more fun to watch than baseball



Never been to a game of any of them, and I don't play the video games.

1. NFL- I closely follow, especially my 2 favorite teams.
2. MLB- I casually follow.
3. NBA- Sometimes the games are on when I am at the gym, and I do my best to care.
4. NHL- I get no coverage of and I have never really followed them. Couldn't tell you the teams aside from maybe Maple leafs.



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