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What is America's True Sport?

What sport is America's Sport

  • Baseball

    Votes: 34 29.8%

  • Football

    Votes: 80 70.2%
  • Total voters
    114
I'm going to make a guess that before 1994 baseball was America's #1 sport. Then the players/owners decided to shoot themselves and decided to cancel a season midway through (thereby ruining the Montreal Expos' one and only chance at ever winning the World Series - it's assumed they were the front-runners as they were running away with NL East and the NL in general) and went on to almost kill baseball as we knew it. I think the strike of 1994 is what propelled the NFL ahead of MLB.
 
mapnerd said:
Jeez, no more of this hatred for soccer, please. I hope you all are joking that you won't let your kid touch a soccer ball. Let them do what they want to do.

I would say that football will continue to edge out baseball in the coming years.
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No I am not joking. My kids can play any sport they want just never ever soccer, also my kids can go to any college they want that is not named Iowa, UNI, or Nebraska.
 
I like baseball, and you can throw any attendance numbers out there that people want to, but football is a bigger sport in this country and it's not even close.

The problem with baseball is 50% of the teams go into each season knowing there is no way they are going to the playoffs because of the imbalance of no salary cap. Let me break it down for you - the Yankees and Red Sox are probably going to go to the playoffs 9 of 10 years under the current system. My Royals MIGHT go 1 of 10 years. Every year I tell myself I'm going to make an effort and follow them. Every year about 10 games in I realize it's pretty much a waste of time as their budget restraints will keep them from being truly competitive.
 
I think football has taken over, but not necessarily because of the drug issues. College Football conferences and the NFL have done a terrific job growing the game. Baseball is living in some archaic times with their ridiculous blackout policies on games.
 
I wouldn't be suprised to see the NFL go on strike next time their CBA is up. They HAVE to do something to get rid of the 'franchise' tag and get some kind of guarantee for salaries.
 
I wish the answer was baseball... but the reality is that football is taking over. I think people like the faster play. It takes a certain kind of person to sit down and watch a baseball game, and many fans today think baseball is "boring". Far from it IMO, but to each his own.

I love the strategy of baseball. It is truly a beautiful game, and I hope that ISU someday has a baseball team again.

I also think NFL has done a way better job of marketing the league as opposed to MLB...
 
NASCAR?
Vince McMahan and WWE?
World Gambling?
International golf?
Rodeo?
Watching ESPN?
 
Gotta be football. I can't think of a single person I know that watches baseball even somewhat regularly. FWIW, I would much rather watch soccer than baseball.
 
I just cannot watch baseball regularly, there are too many meaningless games in the middle of the season. It is fun to watch in August when the games start to matter, but then once football season starts, I forget there is even a baseball season going on. Baseball needs to shorten the season and end in late August in order to get some interest in it.
 
saf said:
I can't think of a single person I know that watches baseball even somewhat regularly.
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Crud, forgot about my cousin and his parents. He plays baseball at a JC in Oklahoma. I enjoy going to his games (played HS ball at Ames), but baseball is one of the last things I would watch on TV. More fun in person and when you know someone playing.
 
Football hands down.

I'd bet there's more passion for Basketball than Baseball - that'd be the real comparison.

On a side note, America does kick *** at inventing games don't we?

Futball/Rugby/Cricket vs Baseball/Basketball/Football/Beer Pong

it really isn't even close.
 
Curling and ribbon twirling.
When those arent on I watch football.
 
clones_jer said:
On a side note, America does kick *** at inventing games don't we?

Futball/Rugby/Cricket vs Baseball/Basketball/Football/Beer Pong

it really isn't even close.
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Ummm, yeah...the rest of the world is probably gonna have to...disagree with you on this one...
 
clones_jer said:
Football hands down.

I'd bet there's more passion for Basketball than Baseball - that'd be the real comparison.

On a side note, America does kick *** at inventing games don't we?

Futball/Rugby/Cricket vs Baseball/Basketball/Football/Beer Pong

it really isn't even close.
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Cricket is an intersting sport. I probably spent more time watching that in Jamaica then I have the NBA the last five years....and I still don't understand the sport...
 
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