Do you think that Football will eventually replace Baseball as America's favorite pastime. I read that attendance lessens every season, due mostly to the fact that, in this fast-paced world, baseball is a slower moving game. I'd hate to see us lose a sport that is part of our heritage.
Any thoughts?
Kristen H.
2007-07-23 06:59:58 · 28 answers · asked by Kristen H 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Football took over from baseball a while ago. Why is football not considered part of our heritage? I used to feel protective of baseball too but the strike killed it. Love football though, and hockey.
2007-07-23 07:02:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eventually? I think it has already happened.
One reason football is the new king is the fact that it permiates on a grander scale through pee-wee, high school, college and the pros.
Baseball has always been something to just go to during the summer. The level of interest in the sport of those attending games isn't always that high.
Don't judge a sport by it's attendance. The real judge is TV revenue...what kind of bidding war is there to get the rights to NFL games. NFL sells...MLB does not. Baseball is not TV-friendly. And like it or not, the less interest sports get from advertisers (hockey), the less exposure those sports get.
Football also benefits from a week-to-week build-up, great for water cooler talk. Baseball teams play 162 games. Many people who live in MLB towns have no clue whether their home team won or lost the night before.
Also, MLB is now almost 50% comprised of Latin players. Fans have a problem relating to today's player. The same can be said for the European influx of basketball players. It's difficult to find foreign players on an NFL roster.
Those are just a few reasons. Measuring stick: look at the cost of a commercial during the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl, and compare that to the cost of a commercial during the World Series.
2007-07-23 07:15:44 · answer #2 · answered by Rhinosaur 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Football has already taken over. The only reason that baseball has a higher attendance is that they play 10 times more games.
Look at the TV ratings for the baseball playoffs vs. regular season football games and you'll see that more people are into football. Baseball knows that because they won't even schedule a playoff game on Monday nights.
2007-07-23 08:40:55 · answer #3 · answered by Rob B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The game of baseball will always be our national past-time. It is America's sport, and the most beautiful game ever invented. MLB as a league, on the other hand, absolutely sucks !! There are two main reasons for it:
#1 = free agency without a salary cap has destroyed any possibility for fair competition.
#2 = It is now becoming well known that the players, owners, and members of the commissioner's office are liars and cheats.
These 2 problems are being exposed now more than ever and consequently baseball is losing fans. I grew up on baseball and think that it is a much better game than any other, but I think the NFL runs its business in a far superior way and became this country's fan favorite a few years ago.
2007-07-23 07:22:49 · answer #4 · answered by tripper 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree. Not only that but I hate the overall attitudes in football. Yes, baseball has them too but not as bad. Baseball also show that almost anybody can play where in football if your not big you won't make it.
I've only been to one football game (not a huge fan of the sport). If you look at who is in the stands at the games there seems to be a lot more children at baseball games then football. Maybe it will surpass in attendance, but I think baseball will always be more popular with the younger generation.
2007-07-23 07:06:42 · answer #5 · answered by Simba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually Kristen, MLB has set new attendance records each of the past three seasons, from 74 million in 2004, 75 million in 2005, and 77 million last year. Projections are that MLB will top 77 million this year making it four years in a row with a new attendance records. Don't get me wrong, because I love football and basketball, but none of these will ever take the place of baseball as our national pastime.
2007-07-23 07:06:25 · answer #6 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
first of all its realy nice to see a women interested in sport, second if thats is youre real photo i wont a date and last but not least Baseball, now lets be honest, its not the most exciting of sports for long spells at a time but the same can be said of football. So i think the people in charge of the game could try and promote the game better, plus they will never lose all the die hard fans.
2007-07-23 07:08:09 · answer #7 · answered by sportsmad84 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's still the pastime. You go out to ballparks and look at how many kids are playing baseball. You go to the fall football leagues...........not even close.
We remember our youth and want to relive it. That's why it will always be America's pastime.
Baseball would have as much average attendance as football if they only played 16 games a year.
2007-07-23 07:07:06 · answer #8 · answered by Bamzor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you know how much time is used in the actual playing of a football game? 90% of the time on the clock is used up while teams are switching players and huddling. The actual time used from the snap of the ball to the end of the play whistle in total is about 6 minutes per game.
That being said, who or what determines which sport is America's fav pastime?
2007-07-23 07:05:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Almost every sport has had strikes. What does it matter which one is marketed as America's Pastime? It is just that -- Marketing. Baseball coined the phrase and has the legal right to use it. And every game in St. Louis is sold out every year, so we don't see any decline in attendance. However, sometimes you can't even give Rams tickets away. So, it depends on the city.
Soccer brought Beckham to the US just to try to boost interest in that lame sport. It will fail miserably!
2007-07-23 07:05:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋