MattFancy Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Yesterday at the end of Around the Horn, Jay Marrioti was saying that the NBA has now surpassed MLB as the #2 sport in country. I don't agree with him at all. I still think baseball is more popular. So what do you guys think? Has the NBA passed MLB as the #2 sport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DButz65 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 NB what?...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Baseball. In the 90's, basketball might have had an actual claim with Jordan drawing in casual viewers like it was going out of style but that ship has sailed and the ratings aren't close to what they were then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonk Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 heh.....What DButz said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Not a chance...if anything, baseball is going up right now since they started cleaning up their act with the steroids, etc. I think the NBA is actually on a downward trend, and is probably #4 behind baseball and college football. This new Super Trio in Miami will raise some interest, but if they don't succeed, I think the NBA will take awhile to recover. Don't forget, the NBA is also staring a lockout in the face. I think the better debate is whether baseball or college football is #2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 The question should be what is the 2nd most popular pro sports league in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I'd say baseball and basketball are tied as I think it depends who you ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenspandan Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 this is a weird poll. you're polling for opinions on what most peoples opinion is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeysc23 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I'd say NHL has a better shot than NBA right now. I think there was a blog on Yahoo! Puck Daddy that showed viewership for the NHL playoffs was much higher than NBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Baseball without a doubt I don't want to hear about how NBA is because, other than the playoffs, no one gives a **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 I'd say NHL has a better shot than NBA right now. I think there was a blog on Yahoo! Puck Daddy that showed viewership for the NHL playoffs was much higher than NBA. See I can believe that. The NBA is way too predictable. You want to know what teams have won a title over the last 30 years? Lakers, Celtics, Spurs, Heat, Pistons, Bulls, Rockets. That's pretty bad. People say there is no parity in baseball, but the NBA is much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubbs Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 What, no posts talking up NASCAR yet? A few people around here are off their game.... Anyway, it's baseball. Because I said so. :pfft: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Baseball still outdraws Basketball. And all males have been a Yankee though a lot will not admit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 We're all Yankees because we're all Americans and an American by definition is a Yankee (according to British) Don't believe me? Also can't find it but the newspaper headline "Damn Yankees" after USA went insane in the Winter Olympics hockey tournament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tris Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I voted MLB, but... The 2nd most popular sport is college football, which should be considered a minor league. Regular season CFB games last fall out drew the Celtics Lakers finals...if you can't get better ratings with your two most popular teams, you are in trouble. I think that right now, MLB and NBA are pretty close, but basketball is going to take a big dip in 2011 with the lock out. MLB stands to put some considerable distance between the two leagues. I think a more interesting discussion is if any "third tier" sport stands to make a run at #2 in the next decade. I think a compelling case can be made for soccer, and I think if you look even further out, I would not be surprised if MLL at least competed with NHL in 2025. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkHog Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Definitely baseball. I love the NBA but the fact is that regular season games mean nothing because half the league makes the playoffs. Even with a 162 game season it always comes down to a game or two for the playoff births in MLB so the regular season is much more compelling. NBA playoffs are amazing but MLB is more engrossing from start to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Hopefully with the impending NBA lockout the NHL can get its act together and make people realize its sport has much more parity, physicality and is far more exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tris Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Hopefully with the impending NBA lockout the NHL can get its act together and make people realize its sport has much more parity, physicality and is far more exciting. The best theing the NHL could do is contract. I know that is not a popular word, but it just really isn't going to work in that many places south of the Mason-Dixon Line. What would be awesome would be to have a Canadian division and an American division. More teams in Canada, less teams in Tampa, Phoenix, and Nashville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticVillain Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Well in the country, the answer is MLB. But in Washington,DC, it is NBA without a doubt. First of all DC is a basketball city,so by default the NBA is behind the Redskins. And plus I very rarely here people say, 'you see that Nats game last night?' Not saying that the Nats aren't popular, it's just that DC really doesn't follow baseball. To summarize, MLB is the 2nd best in the country, but NBA is the second best in my city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 Well in the country, the answer is MLB. But in Washington,DC, it is NBA without a doubt. First of all DC is a basketball city,so by default the NBA is behind the Redskins. And plus I very rarely here people say, 'you see that Nats game last night?' Not saying that the Nats aren't popular, it's just that DC really doesn't follow baseball. To summarize, MLB is the 2nd best in the country, but NBA is the second best in my city. I dunno about that. I think the Caps are the #2 right now in DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Probably NASCAR :doh::shot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Well in the country, the answer is MLB. But in Washington,DC, it is NBA without a doubt. First of all DC is a basketball city,so by default the NBA is behind the Redskins. And plus I very rarely here people say, 'you see that Nats game last night?' Not saying that the Nats aren't popular, it's just that DC really doesn't follow baseball. To summarize, MLB is the 2nd best in the country, but NBA is the second best in my city. Do you really hear random people asking how was the Wizards game last night? lol In DC right now it's Redskins, Caps, everyone else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I dunno about that. I think the Caps are the #2 right now in DC. What he said Wizards are basically irrelevant the last 2 years, I haven't heard a peep about them. It is Redskins, Caps, and Nats (and only because of Strasburg) Wizards and Mystics and United dead last in relevance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 Also, I saw that "The Decision" got a 7.3 last night, which is actually higher than the 2007 NBA Finals (6.7) which LeBron was in. So yeah, more people will watch a press conference than they will a basketball game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejaydana Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 isn't Nascar the most 'spectated' sport each year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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