Right now Ice Hockey is floundering, Lacrosse is SHITE! The only reason it's on tv is because it's piggy backed on the Duke Lacrosse case!!!

I played lacrosse and I played ice hockey, they are fun and all but they are regional sports and very expensive.

Soccer is good, the MLS has lasted 11 years and is begining to grow...the NASL lasted only 16 years and for the longest time played in empty stadiums on horrible fields.

But you look at the era of the NASL 1968-1984...that was the hay-day of MLB in the 60's and 70's and 80's....the NFL was BOOMING in those years (until the 1982 strike and the USFL), and the NBA was off the hook, Dr. J, Jordan, Bird, Johnson all of those guys were around then.

Look at what the MLS has to compete with now: NHL is trying to win back fans from the strike, MLB is dealing with the steroid scandal though it's doing quite well, the NFL has image issues, Michael Vick, the Vikings' Sex Boat etc, the NBA has an image issue as well as having at least one Ref who bet on the games.


I think the MLS is going to grow at the right time, Beckham's time here will hopefully lead to more viewers and more fans. MLS needs rivalries, it needs buzz, it needs stars and I think right now the 3rd and 4th spot of Major Sport is up for grabs and the MLS has a chance (as good or better than ever) to fill the whole Ice Hockey is creating and if the NBA doesn't watch out it'll fall too!