Is this the result of more BS poll stuffing?

Discussion in 'MLS: General' started by kwikstah, Aug 12, 2002.

  1. kwikstah

    kwikstah New Member

    Jul 2, 2002
    Check out the QuickVote on CNN.com about whether baseball is the still the nation's pastime.

    It was 20% 80% No last I checked.
     
  2. Barca_Fan2003

    Barca_Fan2003 New Member

    Mar 30, 2002
    Slidell, LA
    NFL is the national pasttime.
     
  3. Lucid

    Lucid Member

    May 17, 1999
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    And gas been for a looooooong time.
     
  4. appoo

    appoo Member+

    Jul 30, 2001
    USA
    Actually I would bet that only changed in 94 when the last players strike occured. Unless you live in Buffalo, Green Bay, or anywhere in the mid west.
     
  5. CrewDust

    CrewDust Member

    May 6, 1999
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    May be not our national pastime but certainly our national sport.
     
  6. NeilB

    NeilB Member

    Mar 17, 2000
    Mount Kisco, NY
    Baseball is America's pastime. Football is America's passion.
     
  7. crewcrazy17

    crewcrazy17 Member

    Mar 5, 2002
    Medina
    Thanks for blindly following marketing. It proves people do believe everything they see on tv.
     
  8. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Or it proves they have a sense of irony and you don't.
     
  9. BlueMovie FC

    BlueMovie FC Red Card

    Dec 16, 1999
    Ohio
    people in AMerica follow American football the same way the Europe follows Association Football. Americans don't follow baseball the same way, except seemingly in Boston and New York.
     
  10. NeilB

    NeilB Member

    Mar 17, 2000
    Mount Kisco, NY
    What marketing?
     
  11. feuerfex

    feuerfex Member

    Apr 21, 2001
    See, that subliminal stuff really works!
     
  12. Barca_Fan2003

    Barca_Fan2003 New Member

    Mar 30, 2002
    Slidell, LA
    Baseball's slogan is that they are America's pasttime. Football's (American) slogan is that they are America's passion.
     
  13. perctarit

    perctarit Member

    Jan 8, 2002
    Ward 6
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And MLS's slogan is what? That they are America's fifth most popular professional league? C'mon Garber et al. Time to get cracking on that slogan.
     
  14. Preston McMurry

    Preston McMurry New Member

    Jul 28, 1999
    Earth
    Motorsports are #1 in attendance ...
     
  15. trickyfool

    trickyfool New Member

    Feb 11, 1999
    Orlando, FL
    If NFL teams had venues of the size of motorsports, they might not be. Many teams in the NFL could fill 2 or more NFL-sized stadiums with the amount of people they have on waiting lists.

    I agree with Bluemovie, Americans don't follow baseball nearly as closely as they do the NFL.
     
  16. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No they're not.
     
  17. BenReilly

    BenReilly New Member

    Apr 8, 2002
    Based on what? Nascar's handful of races? The Indy 500? The U.S. Grand Prix? Basically, most people have at most one shot a year to attend a major race.

    Baseball gets 100 million per year in attendance. What can compare with that?

    I'd rank motorsports as the #4 sport in the USA after football, baseball, and basketball.
     
  18. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Don't be so sure. Lots of small towns all over the country have dirt racing tracks, a lot more than have a pro team of any level. I know plenty of small towns, a thousand people or less, that have tracks that draw a few hundred people on the weekend.
    Added up, in the course of a year, more people very well may attend motorsports than anything else.
     
  19. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    More small towns have minor league teams, and those baseball teams have many more games. Well, it's true in North Carolina, which is pretty much the epicenter of NASCAR, so I'd be pretty shocked if it wasn't also true for the nation as a whole.
     
  20. kwikstah

    kwikstah New Member

    Jul 2, 2002
    I wish motorsports would go away.
     
  21. trickyfool

    trickyfool New Member

    Feb 11, 1999
    Orlando, FL
    What have motorsports done to you?
     
  22. kwikstah

    kwikstah New Member

    Jul 2, 2002
    It doesn't have to do anything to me not to wish for its non-existence.
     

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