>> the USA/Portugal World Cup game drew 21 million viewers. That’s more than watched the deciding game of the World Series (19.2 million viewers) and the deciding game of the NBA Finals (18 million viewers)
WOO HOO! Two (Bronx) cheers for soccer!
Say, Colonel, I wonder why you compared world cup views with baseball and basketball, but left out REAL AMERICAN football. But now I know:
“NBC announced on Monday that the Patriots 28-24 last second victory over the Seattle Seahawks drew an average audience of 114.4 million viewers. This makes Super Bowl XLIX the most watched broadcast in U.S. TV history.”
source: http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/02/media/super-bowl-ratings/
One hundred fourteen million viewers of REAL FOOTBALL!
Nearly two times the viewers of the world cup game, world series and NBA Final... COMBINED.
In America, real American football is still king! And will remain so.
Perhaps you could state where I ever claimed it was as popular as the NFL for a start. Don’t misrepresent me.
Look, I know the NFL is more popular in America than MLS. It will probably always be that way. It’s clearly the number one spectator sport we have — professional and college.
But I happen to be a sports fan. This means I appreciate sports in general.
‘Real football’ is played with the feet, it’s the most popular sport on the planet, and it’s growing here by leaps and bounds here in the United States. It’s cheap to play, it’s great exercise and your chances of serious head injury are much less. And scoring is difficult. That’s not always a bad thing.
In terms of average stadium attendance, it’s already third behind the NFL and MLB. But I never claimed it was as popular as the NFL and you shouldn’t build such a shameless strawman.
Gay rugby is still king, hurray!.