0D0 said:
I reckon you ought to look it up a bit more. Baseball is not behind Basketball. About being the worst sport to watch, it depends. Baseball is "slow" but lots of people like it "slow". Besides Baseball is a "easy watching" sport. You can watch it the way you want, eating, talking and you're not going to miss anything, like in fast paced sports where you can't take your eyes out of the TV. A ball game has also many sections and you can pay attettion to what you like instead of everything. You also can enjoy the start of the game, with the starter pitcher or the end game with the bullpen where the game can get very wild. Baseball also can start on 8-1 and then turn to 8-11 easily, which is really exciting. Happens all the time. |
Yes it is lol. NBA Finals reguarly outdo the World Series in ratings. The numbers are good in local markets for those teams, but it's just not the case nationally. Not only that, but they're getting worse, while NBA is clearly trending up in popularity. In national polling metrics, NBA is listed ahead of MLB. NCAAB is so far ahead of NCAA Baseball and minor leagues, it's not even worth comparing. Basketball is the #1 sports played by kids in country ahead of Baseball/softball/T-Ball. The only measurable stat that MLB is ahead is money and that's because of the completely different salary structure.
That's not even getting into things like how most people can't even name 5 active MLB players.
COKTOE said:
Hmmm. Well, I don't think you're giving baseball enough credit. At the professional level, which is certainly a significant part of the equation when gauging overall popularity, baseball is bigger. More profit, more revenue, higher live attendance figures. TV ratings seem close between the two, but I thiiiink MLB is still ahead. Not sure about that one. https://howmuch.net/articles/sports-leagues-by-revenue https://statpedia.com/stat/Top_Sports_Leagues_by_Revenue/rJby7OpL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_leagues_by_revenue All those lists paint a very similar picture as far as the $$$ is concerned. The totals may be different, but the order is the same in every one. The NHL, currently #5 in the world, may see slightly more gain than the other leagues when the 2017-2018 totals are complied, due to adding another team, which was wildly successful, in a primarily gate-driven league. Plus, they are probably expanding to Seattle in 2020, and with that comes a ginormous expansion fee of $650 million paid out to the NHL. I assume that would count towards revenue. |
I quoted you as my response above largely applies to you as well. The length of season and salary structure lend itself to have bigger overall numbers.
ETA: for both of us, it's only going to get worse. People under the age of 40 do not watch baseball. Average age of a baseball fan is 53 and the average age of an NBA fan is 37.
Last edited by outlawauron - on 24 July 2018
