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Originally Posted by Relentless
The Olympics has been around in one form or another for a longer period of time than the '4 major sports' combined. The WNBA is an expansion of the NBA, at one point every team in it was owned by the NBA. The UFC is by far the fastest growing sport, dwarfing the growth of the NHL (which is on strike for a season at a time every few years). The NFL is about to be saddled with massive lawsuit liability from all the head trauma cases and is turning into two-hand-touch as a result of the claims being filed. Baseball is a regional game that has a hard time carrying much of a national audience and has no competitive balance due to payroll disparity among the teams. It will be interesting to see the state of the 'four major sports' ten years from now. Hell, NASCAR is already bringing in more revenue than the NHL http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbade...aluable-teams/
The 'four major sports' have mistreated their fan base for so long that it should surprise nobody when upstarts are able to dig into their audience.  |
Without going off on a tangent here. I am just telling you what the meaning of "4 Major Sports in America" is. As far as mistreated the fans. Not exactly what you mean by that. But Football and NBA are at all time highs. Baseball sucks because steroids are gone, and the NHL was never a powerhouse to begin with.
No one gives a fuck about the Olympics until they are on. I dont care how old the tradition is. Didn't they just cut wrestling from the olympics. The oldest sport in Olympic history is no longer a sport in the olympics?