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How does anybody do relative comparisons when the number of spectators to any of the three major sports will differ tremendously because of the number of games played?

By using TV ratings.

16 posted on 08/28/2010 1:06:34 PM PDT by Terpfen (FR is being Alinskied. Remember, you only take flak when you're over the target.)

By using TV ratings.

TV ratings for different sports don't tell the whole story.

When a sport has games every day of the week and a baseball team has 162 games to play versus 16 total for football team and games once a week, the TV ratings will fail to tell the whole story. It's apples versus oranges.

The total story is told with total audience, including stadium attendance, total viewers on TV, total listeners on radio, and more. TV ratings is just one component towards measuring the popularity of a sport.