shlidgn90 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 my pick is football, everyone in the country can relate to it. it's the one sport currently not dominated by one race. it maybe the only major sport in america where there is at least one star of every ethnic origin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted August 28, 2003 There's an Asian NFL star? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 There's an Asian NFL star? http://www.dallascowboys.com/profile_nguyen_dat.cfm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 I say Baseball. Football is the National Passion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 I think we've seen this before. In any case, I go with baseball, for a few reasons. 1. Baseball's history is so well known. Ask your average sport fan who holds the rushing record, or the touchdown record. And ask them how many they have. They probably couldn't tell you. But even casual fans can tell you how many HRs Hank Aaron had. 2. Baseball lasts for seven months a year, produces ten times as many games, and still maintains the fans interest. Its easy for football to draw huge crowds and interest when there's only 16 games a year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 my pick is football, everyone in the country can relate to it. I find myself being attacked by large black men every day in an effort to conquer my enemy's territory. It's my life, man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ecto Cooler Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Football, without a doubt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Currently it is football. Baseball is fun and the playoffs are great but I think people get bored of it. Basketball has it's surges. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Baseball. I never really connected with football, because I was always too small to play it. At least in baseball, I could play almost any position. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 There are several Samoans and a Japanese guy who played a preseason game. 1. NFL 2. NBA 3. MLB 4. NASCAR 5. Golf 6. Tennis 7. College football 8. College basketball 9. NHL 10. MLS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ecto Cooler Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Yeah, NASCAR is catching up. It draws insane amounts of people and the fanbase is huge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Umm... College Football would be like #5 at the LEAST. No way is Golf or Tennis more popular to the casual sports fan. NO WAY. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spicy McHaggis 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 I say Baseball. Football is the National Passion. I agree. I like football more, but everyone I know including people that don't like--nor do they have ANY knowledge of--sports know how to play baseball and know some of its history. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Umm... College Football would be like #5 at the LEAST. No way is Golf or Tennis more popular to the casual sports fan. NO WAY. I totally agree. I mean, there was football on in AUGUST. And down here, we get high school games played on the Sunshine Network...FROM LAST YEAR. Seriously. College football is too confusing and controversial for me to really get into. I mean, how can a team that has more losses than another team be ranked higher up than the other team? I don't get it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 I am sure the average sport fan knows more about Tiger Woods or the Williams sisters than say how the BCS works. Football is #1 in USA, everybody is preoccopied with High School football on Friday, College football on Saturday, and some people don't go to church because of the NFL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 my pick is football, everyone in the country can relate to it. I find myself being attacked by large black men every day in an effort to conquer my enemy's territory. It's my life, man. What's the quote in GTA3? "Taking other people's land by force. And wearing tight pants while you're doing it." Anyway, my vote's for baseball. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Its baseball and it always will be baseball because its the PASTIME. Football is the present but you can't go back and change the past and baseball will always be it. Remember before the late 1950s the American public didn't give a shit about pro football. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 I am sure the average sport fan knows more about Tiger Woods or the Williams sisters than say how the BCS works. That's only 3 people. College Football goes beyond individual players. They come and go. It's the other things that make it great. The Marching bands, the rivalries, the huge crowds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Crazy Dan Report post Posted August 28, 2003 My vote goes for football. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the pinjockey 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Its baseball and it always will be baseball because its the PASTIME. Football is the present but you can't go back and change the past and baseball will always be it. Remember before the late 1950s the American public didn't give a shit about pro football. I wouldn't say it will always be baseball, because if the NFL goes for another 50 years like it has the last 25 then it will have the history that baseball does now. The pastime is baseball, but the current national game is football. And college football is an odd thing, in that there are sections of the country where it is the pastime and sections of the country where noone gives a shit. NASCAR I get the sections because it started in the south and is just really starting to grow, NHL I get the sections because you can't grow up playing it everywhere, but college football is strange in that regard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 I am sure the average sport fan knows more about Tiger Woods or the Williams sisters than say how the BCS works. That's only 3 people. College Football goes beyond individual players. They come and go. It's the other things that make it great. The Marching bands, the rivalries, the huge crowds. The soft schedules, the blowouts, the popularity contest to see who is #1, Beano Cook proclaiming Ron Prowles as The Greatest QB in the history of Notre Dame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 And college football is an odd thing, in that there are sections of the country where it is the pastime and sections of the country where noone gives a shit. NASCAR I get the sections because it started in the south and is just really starting to grow, NHL I get the sections because you can't grow up playing it everywhere, but college football is strange in that regard. The majority of places where college football has rabid fans is where pro sports don't dominate or not exsistant at all like Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Alabama. I'm a huge fan of college sports myself but from growing up in the Bay Area where pro sports dominate I know how some people don't give a shit about college sports. There Stanford and Cal don't generate even half the interest that the 49ers, Raiders, A's, and Giants get. Even when Stanford made it to the Final Four in '98 and then the Rose Bowl a couple of years later no one really cared. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Bah... UW is big here in the Seattle area. What about in FLorida with Miami, Florida State and Florida ALL having sell outs constantly? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Bah... UW is big here in the Seattle area. What about in FLorida with Miami, Florida State and Florida ALL having sell outs constantly? I said "majority". You could definently argue the state of Florida is more of college sports state anyways as most of their pro teams didn't even exsist until the 90s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Tampa came in the 70s. The Dolphins have been there forever. Only teams that are really new are the NHL and MLB teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Tampa came in the 70s. The Dolphins have been there forever. Only teams that are really new are the NHL and MLB teams. Heat came in '88. The Bucs weren't exactly a major attraction until the last five years and the Dolphins don't sell out every game. College football is more popular there I think. Also on Seattle have the Seahawks ever been as popular as UW football? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 There are Seahawks fans but they haven't been consistent enough to garner a sellout say even 75% of the tiem. UW is more popular because they are consistently in the hunt and of course were co-NCAA Champions in 1991. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 If the NFL goes the next 50 years growing like it has in the last 50 years, it will overtake baseball, but Baseball has been going since the late 1800s when college football was the highest level. Right now the national PASTIME is baseball. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest undisputedjericho Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Baseball. I've grown up with it, I live for it, and I am a third generation Yankee fan. It's the absolute perfect sport to me, with the greatest history, the greatest legends, and all the aura and mystique about it. Football is a huge thing too, and it's like a religion in some places. Don't get me wrong, I've recently become a football fan. But in baseball you can win the World Series on one swing of the bat and it's all over, but in football you have to run down the clock 99.9% of the time and it never ends at the last possible second with a miracle, save for OT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 I'll say football -- combine the pros, college and high-school programs all in one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
