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SeK612
05-22-2007, 10:04 AM
I was wondering which is the biggest / most followed sports in the US? As I understand it the main sports are football, baseball and basketball so is one more watched than the others?

For example in the UK, soccer has the feeling of the main sport of the country over things like cricket, rugby and tennis.
Cheese
05-22-2007, 10:20 AM
Soon to be soccer when David Beckham takes over America.


Interestingly, the most watched US sport in the UK is WWE wrestling.
Busyman™
05-22-2007, 01:18 PM
I was wondering which is the biggest / most followed sports in the US? As I understand it the main sports are football, baseball and basketball so is one more watched than the others?

For example in the UK, soccer has the feeling of the main sport of the country over things like cricket, rugby and tennis.

The biggest is football. Second is basketball then baseball.

Keep in mind though that
(regular season)

Football has 16 games (32 teams)

Basketball has 81 games (30 teams)

Baseball has 162 games (30 teams)

In America, you also have to add college football and basketball. Some of our college football stadiums are bigger than any NFL stadiums. We have March Madness for basketball (college division 1 tourney) and the Bowl games in football which draw huge amounts of viewers.

Hockey has gone downhill. Recently, a NHL playoff game was near it's end and was cut off for the Preakness pre-race show.:mellow:

Soccer has no big TV market here. Some stadium get decent attendence. Some don't. David Beckham won't change that.

MMA is rising but doesn't pack big arenas....yet.

WWE is not a sport.

Boxing does not command like it used to. The heavyweight division has been shit since Mike Tyson went out. Hopefully Mayweather, Hatton, Taylor, and Calzaghe bring the sport back up. I heard Bernard Hopkins is fighting again too.
DefX
05-22-2007, 03:22 PM
NFL (football) is by far the most watched among the four major sports here as proven by their tv ratings and the pricey commercial ads they command. (See the ridiculous prices they ask for during superbowl).

Some say its the effective way the NFL market their sport but I believe its also the fact that their games are more sparse ( 1 game per week) compared to the other sports. Therefore, people are more likely to tune to their games. Watching NFL with buddies on Sundays have long been an American tradition.
Alien5
05-22-2007, 03:27 PM
MMA is gonna take over the world soon. :01:
wipe
05-22-2007, 08:06 PM
Someday Soccer... i hope!!
Busyman™
05-22-2007, 09:48 PM
Someday Soccer... i hope!!

It will never happen.

Basketball and football are so popular here that the draft for each gets it's own show.

Hell the draft lottery for the NBA is on tonight and that's just to determine the order of 14 teams in the draft.
DV8type
05-22-2007, 11:14 PM
MMA is gonna take over the world soon. :01:

:yup:

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I believe i read some where sometime ago that football has now taken over as being the top sport people play and watch in the US
Busyman™
05-22-2007, 11:53 PM
MMA is gonna take over the world soon. :01:

:yup:

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I believe i read some where sometime ago that football has now taken over as being the top sport people play and watch in the US

What was on top before that (watching)?:blink:

I don't think football is/has been the most played sport, ever.

The average joe doesn't go outside to play football. Basketball maybe but not football.
ruwi
05-23-2007, 05:55 AM
Soccer one day maybe
Busyman™
05-23-2007, 01:52 PM
Speaking of stadiums, the bitch ass Dallas Cowboys are getting the Superbowl in 2011. Why?

They are going forward with building their new stadium set to be completed in 2009. It will hold over 100,000.
DefX
05-23-2007, 09:07 PM
They are going forward with building their new stadium set to be completed in 2009. It will hold over 100,000.

100,000? That would become the stadium with the largest capacity then?
Skiz
05-23-2007, 09:14 PM
They are going forward with building their new stadium set to be completed in 2009. It will hold over 100,000.

100,000? That would become the stadium with the largest capacity then?

For NFL, yes. Though several college stadiums still beat that. Tennessee, Ohio St., Michigan that I know of beat that right now, Texas is in the process of expanding our stadium right now, so as the new year starts, we will be over 92,000. :)

Not quite 100K, but we still have the largest high definition screen in the world. Covers 7,370 square feet. :01:
Busyman™
05-23-2007, 10:28 PM
100,000? That would become the stadium with the largest capacity then?

For NFL, yes. Though several college stadiums still beat that. Tennessee, Ohio St., Michigan that I know of beat that right now, Texas is in the process of expanding our stadium right now, so as the new year starts, we will be over 92,000. :)

Not quite 100K, but we still have the largest high definition screen in the world. Covers 7,370 square feet. :01:

You can bet Dan Snyder is gonna try to top Dallas at some point.

Oh and Godzillatron is not the biggest in the world.:ermm:
slim150
05-24-2007, 12:04 AM
When I was a freshman at Penn State in 2002 I went to the PSU-Nebraska game.. was one of the best nights ever. The attendance was 110,753.

Penn State 40, Nebraska 7

The PSU/Notre Dame game this year might top that.. might..


But unfortunately I think nascar is the US #1 Sport.. in terms of attendance/viewers/ratings...the general rule of thumb is any state south of the Mason Dixon line are yokels and they like to watch cars go in circles.
Skiz
05-24-2007, 02:09 AM
Oh and Godzillatron is not the biggest in the world.:ermm:

Actually it is. :ermm:

The one that Miami Dolphins have, measures farther in diagonal distance, but Texas' has more total square footage, making it the largest.

Now, I know this to be true as of about 9 months ago. So unless one has been built to surpass it since, it is still the largest. :)
Busyman™
05-24-2007, 04:06 AM
When I was a freshman at Penn State in 2002 I went to the PSU-Nebraska game.. was one of the best nights ever. The attendance was 110,753.

Penn State 40, Nebraska 7

The PSU/Notre Dame game this year might top that.. might..


But unfortunately I think nascar is the US #1 Sport.. in terms of attendance/viewers/ratings...the general rule of thumb is any state south of the Mason Dixon line are yokels and they like to watch cars go in circles.

Well racetracks seat more but NASCAR is not the #1 sport.

I still don't see how someone sits in front of a TV watching cars go round and round. They can't pay attention the whole time.:ermm: (and why should they?)





Oh and Godzillatron is not the biggest in the world.:ermm:

Actually it is. :ermm:

The one that Miami Dolphins have, measures farther in diagonal distance, but Texas' has more total square footage, making it the largest.

Now, I know this to be true as of about 9 months ago. So unless one has been built to surpass it since, it is still the largest. :)

Actually it isn't....not even 9 months ago.:ermm:
samoyan
06-15-2007, 02:13 AM
I was wondering which is the biggest / most followed sports in the US? I wish it was European football...
snowultra
06-23-2007, 04:46 AM
god, i havent been to a sporting event in over a decade.....lol. i dont even waste my time going to games when there free on the t.v. and you can see the game, and get as comfortable as you want.

i am glad people go, so i dont ever have too. i never understood people who sit in the cheap seats-----

i now only watch american football, and march maddness. sometimes european football cups.

soccer is the most popular sport in the world, what are you crying about.