Quote Originally Posted by boozeboxer View Post
Those are very interesting facts Killer.

It is neat how sports gain or wane in popularity.

But it seems to me that all sports seem to gain?? I mean with ESPN and all the different channels out there, almost all sports have seen increased exposure over the last several decades.
Yeah I think that's right, however with more exposure the coverage also becomes more diluted, for example ESPN3 can have 10 events going on at the same time, plus ESPN, ESPNU etc. etc. It will be interesting to see how the popularity of individual sports trend over the next decade. Football will always be king in this country followed by Baseball, but between NBA, NHL and MLS it's really anyone's guess who will take up that third position.

Another factor that really affects popularity of sports overall is which teams are succeeding at the time. Rangers/Cardinals in the world series do horrible numbers compared to Yankees/Sox and this is true throughout the season as higher profile franchises have success or faulter. The same can be said of the NBA, NHL and MLS.