MLS:
19 teams, averaging 19k spectators a game. And per this link, 15 of them are in attendance decline.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Soccer_attendance#Historic_average_attendances
NFL:
32 teams, averaging 68k spectators a game...and contrary to rhetoric in the media, the 2013 numbers were an improvement on the 2012 numbers - its on the upswing.
NCAA Football:
Set an all time record last year with over 50 million people attending college games in 2013.
Now - on to the actual comment that I initially responded to, that predicted Super Bowl like viewership of the World Cup.
In 2010, it was 24.3 million.
The latest Super Bowl - 111 million. Another record, BTW...the NFL is not withering away.
I’m going to stick with my prediction. The US World Cup viewership will come nowhere close to Super Bowl numbers.
and contrary to rhetoric in the media, the 2013 numbers were an improvement on the 2012 numbers - its on the upswing.2007 was the peak year for NFL attendance. The NFL's $60 million attendance problem
I’m going to stick with my prediction. The US World Cup viewership will come nowhere close to Super Bowl numbers.
Worldwide, the viewership for the World Cup will be over 700 million. The Super Bowl pales by comparison. And it is a foregone conclusion that the final game of the World Cup will draw less than the Super Bowl in the US. You don't have to be Nostradamus to make that prediction. I will predict that World Cup viewership will be greater than four years ago in the US.
An estimated 111.6 million U.S. viewers watched at least six minutes of the 2010 World Cup on English or Spanish language networks. And by the way, the 24.3 million who watched the World Cup in 2010 was a 41% increase over 2006.
Even in Europe domestic leagues, that are not in England or Spain or Germany are not doing well....Everybody there pretty much follow the big Euro leagues.
Same in the US, watching the MLS compared to the Premier League is like watching Single A minor league baseball.