An American sport question

[mapuc]

I asked this question in the NFL-thread before, I erased it ´cause I didn't felt it was the right place to put it, so I made a new thread.

Here is my question:

Which American sport is most popular ?

When it comes to:

1. Spectator(s)
is it
a)American football(NFL) ?
b)American Baseball(MBL) ?
c)American Basket(NBA) ?
d)Ishockey

When it come to
2. Those practice those sport
Is it
See the list above.

I'll give you an example from Sweden

Football Vs Ishockey

When it comes to spectators there are a little plus for Ishockey,* when it comes to those who practice these sport there is a huge plus for football.

* Have seen many video clip from some Swedish football match where the stadium was not even half full and In almost every clip from the SHL(Swedish Hockey league) or lower division there was almost filled up

Markus

[Platapus]

I think auto racing has the most spectators, at least that's what they claim

[fireftr18]

I'm guessing at the answers to these.
Auto racing may have the largest "stadiums," but it doesn't have events every day of the week through all age groups at thousands of venues at a time. My guess for most spectators is basketball. It has the longest season, and because of considerable infrastructure dedicated to it, it has seasons of some level year round.
I think I read that soccer (football to rest the world) is the most popular for participation.

[Commander Wallace]

All of those sports and auto racing are very much followed depending on the season. People watch golf and tennis too.

Then there are those that like to watch the cockroach races but then again, those people just like to see cockroach crashes.

[Rockstar]

Only sports I follow are tennis and the Green Bay Packers.

[Jimbuna]

At present I would have thought Politics

It's certainly looking like a sporting event atm

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

At present I would have thought Politics

It's certainly looking like a sporting event atm

Sorry, but you are very wrong. US Politics can't ever be considered a sport, because in a sport there is a winner

In US politics, there are no winners, only those who lose the least.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Sorry, but you are very wrong. US Politics can't ever be considered a sport, because in a sport there is a winner

In US politics, there are no winners, only those who lose the least.

Well put

[Highbury]

Originally Posted by mapuc

* Have seen many video clip from some Swedish football match where the stadium was not even half full and In almost every clip from the SHL(Swedish Hockey league) or lower division there was almost filled up

Keep in mind that a small football stadium would hold 30,000 people, for bigger European teams it is 60K - 100k. A large hockey rink would hold 18K - 22K. So in some cases a half full football stadium is more people than a full hockey rink.

[GoldenRivet]

I think it depends a lot on what part of the United States you are in. The USA experiences a rather large change in ethnicity and general demographic over its expanse, sometimes even in the range of just 100 miles people in one area can be a complete and total 180 from people in another area. Just ask anyone who has flown from London to New York, then onward to Dallas. There is a huge difference between the people.

Where i live, football is king. from high school football all the way up through the professional level of the NFL. in fact, some of the high school stadiums not too far from here have seven figure construction costs. Conversely the "stadium" where my high school played football was little more than a field with portable bleacher seating on either side... considerably less than $1.4M to build.

also, weather permitting, when the family gets together here in Texas for Independence Day, thanksgiving or Christmas - the game of choice in the back yard is unanimously football, and the game of choice on TV every Sunday, (and some Thursdays and Mondays) is always football. You would never find us watching baseball, basketball or hockey etc

interestingly, when i would travel to Kentucky in my youth to visit grandparents and over a dozen cousins... nobody there wanted to play football - Despite the fact that two of my oldest cousins played basketball all through middle and high school their game of choice for backyard antics was always baseball, and the sport to watch on TV was (and still is) Basketball, though only on the collegiate level.

as you can see, its hard for me to speak for the whole country... the preference changes from place to place. But in Texas... if you ain't watchin football, you may as well pack it up and head North.

[mapuc]

Thank you for your answer. While reading GoldenRivet answer I suddenly came to mind that you can search for almost everything on the net

So I searched for the biggest sport in USA and found this page
it's a two-page article

http://sporteology.com/top-10-most-p...ts-in-america/

Markus

[Red October1984]

If you count grassroots variations of motorsport and other sports...I think the motorsports and basketball have it in my region. Overall, I see more local baseball/t-ball leagues than anything else. I wouldn't be surprised if baseball and soccer are our most participated-in sports.

[Platapus]

looking around I think Pokomon Go is rapidly becoming the number one participant sport.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I asked this question in the NFL-thread before, I erased it ´cause I didn't felt it was the right place to put it, so I made a new thread.

Here is my question:

Which American sport is most popular ?

When it comes to:

1. Spectator(s)
is it
a)American football(NFL) ?
b)American Baseball(MBL) ?
c)American Basket(NBA) ?
d)Ishockey

When it come to
2. Those practice those sport
Is it
See the list above.

I'll give you an example from Sweden



Markus

In a Nutshell: GIRL watching! SEX ED 101! As Swedish model Gunilla Knutson asked men to "take it off, take it all off." And there was an occasional TV football game too!
and obvoiously Nuthin' good goes outta style...in 60+ years of watching pro sports!

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

I think it depends a lot on what part of the United States you are in. The USA experiences a rather large change in ethnicity and general demographic over its expanse, sometimes even in the range of just 100 miles people in one area can be a complete and total 180 from people in another area. [...]

You speaking of 1492 ?

Nah i know what you mean
And USA, not 'America'