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A poll is out on the most popular American sports:

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NFL most popular for 30th year in row

Pro football is the most popular sport in America for at least the 30th straight year.

That's according to a survey taken this month by the Harris Poll, which has been asking adult fans, ages 18 and over, about their favorite sport since 1985.

In 2014, 35 percent of fans call the NFL their favorite sport, followed by Major League Baseball (14 percent), college football (11 percent), auto racing (7 percent), the NBA (6 percent), the NHL (5 percent) and college basketball (3 percent).

In 1985, the first year the poll was taken, the NFL bested MLB by just one percentage point (24 to 23 percent), but since then interest in baseball has fallen while the NFL has experienced a huge rise in popularity.

Nine percent fewer fans call baseball their favorite sport over the 30-year span, the biggest drop of any sport. The polling numbers suggest that the sport hasn't been able to recover from a popularity standpoint from 1994, when a strike forced the cancellation of the World Series.

One other significant drop was in professional golf. Throughout Tiger Woods' pro career, which began in 1996, no less four percent of the U.S. adult population called golf their favorite sport. But since 2010, the first year after Woods' extramarital affair scandal, only two percent of Americans have called it their favorite sport.

A sport's popularity varies greatly based on demographics. More people who live in rural areas on the East coast say they're fans of the NFL than the general U.S. population. Those with an annual household income of more than $100,000 are more likely to be baseball fans, while African Americans are less likely to enjoy the sport, the poll reveals. More southerners call college football their favorite sport, while those with a high school education or less tend to gravitate to auto racing.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10354114/harris-poll-nfl-most-popular-mlb-2nd

My three favorite sports are the NFL, MLB and NBA in that order.

I am going to vote, so fuck you.

Quote from: Neil on January 26, 2014, 07:49:01 PM
I am going to vote, so fuck you.

I gave you an option. The "I am not an American" option.

You had your chance in the War of 1812 and you blew it. Now you are stuck in the ghetto of my poll with all the Euros. Deal with it.

College football is the only one I follow.

There is the CFL, then the NHL, then a bunch of sports I don't care about.

So how should I vote? :hmm:

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 26, 2014, 07:58:25 PM
College football is the only one I follow.

Same here.

Quote from: Barrister on January 26, 2014, 07:58:44 PM
There is the CFL, then the NHL, then a bunch of sports I don't care about.

So how should I vote? :hmm:

NDP

Quote from: Barrister on January 26, 2014, 07:58:44 PM
There is the CFL, then the NHL, then a bunch of sports I don't care about.

So how should I vote? :hmm:

That depends...are you American? If not then the "not american" option is for you.

Of course you might consider Canada simply a cultural extension of America and effectively a protectorate of the US. In that case, just vote for the NHL. Everyone will know the NHL votes are Canadians anyway.

Quote from: alfred russel on January 26, 2014, 07:55:25 PM

Quote from: Neil on January 26, 2014, 07:49:01 PM
I am going to vote, so fuck you.

I gave you an option. The "I am not an American" option.

You had your chance in the War of 1812 and you blew it. Now you are stuck in the ghetto of my poll with all the Euros. Deal with it.

I voted for a sport.  Looks like you failed.

MAH POLE'S INTEGRITY.  :(

Poll fails.  I follow college football, college basketball, NFL, and soccer

I don't follow any sports, but favorite to watch would probably be ranked: NBA, NFL, MLB, NCAA basketball.

Quote from: Capetan Mihali on January 26, 2014, 08:18:04 PM
I don't follow any sports, but favorite to watch would probably be ranked: NBA, NFL, MLB, NCAA basketball.

Eat more manly foods, and you'll be able to watch man sports.

NFL, then NCAA round ball, then college fooseball.  I can't even get it up to watch the NBA final anymore.

MLB by far, then a tie between the NFL and NHL.  I hate basketball in all forms.

College football is #1.

It is almost the only sport I follow anymore. The NFL has gotten a lot less interesting around the time when it stopped marketing its big hits and started marketing how it is getting safer. Also when teams stopped running the ball and 400 yard passing games ceased being incredible.

NASCAR quit being interesting when they got rid of the really big dangerous crashes.

I still like MLB, keep up with the scores, and go to a few games, but I don't have the time to really follow the sport.

I don't go to NHL games anymore because THE SAME FUCKING ALBERTANS THAT FUCKED UP MY POLL TOOK MY TEAM.

Quote from: alfred russel on January 26, 2014, 08:39:08 PM
College football is #1.

Dorsey4YouDon'tSay?

Beeb and I both live in Edmonton.  And if you didn't want foreigners voting in your poll, you shouldn't have put it on the Internet.

NCAA Football, then the NFL, then MLB tied with NCAA basketball.  The NBA has been dead to me since 1995.

I try to keep up with hockey, but it's just one big "Meh" to me.

NFL.

The only college sport I follow is women's volleyball.  :perv:

NFL's the only one I really follow.  Being an American, I can't really get much of a fix on my soccer or rugby, so I skip down to #4 with a very tentative following of MLB.

I am in the middle of NCAA football country so naturally that is what I follow.  I think the NFL and MLB are better though.

I went NFL. I was tempted to put NBA but realized I haven't seen a game in ages.

Beisbol slightly edges out the others, although the top field for me is all pretty scrunched together. NHL and NFL are basically tied for second. I think college sports hold less excitement for me because I didn't go to a state school or an athletically-talented private school.

College Football, one and only I follow.

Quote from: lustindarkness on January 27, 2014, 09:59:57 AM
College Football, one and only I follow.

I think there is a part of the Alabama Constitution which requires this.

Quote from: Valmy on January 27, 2014, 10:01:19 AM

Quote from: lustindarkness on January 27, 2014, 09:59:57 AM
College Football, one and only I follow.

I think there is a part of the Alabama Constitution which requires this.

The AL constitution states College Football is #1, but they also follow other sports, like NFL, NASCAR, etc...

#1: NFL. #2: College football. #3: MLB (though it is almost unwatchable at this point).

Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2014, 09:53:56 AM
I went NFL. I was tempted to put NBA but realized I haven't seen a game in ages.

Most of the Stanford grads I've met have been pretty passionate supporters of their team.  I was friends with one in law school who basically sat out most of a party that he was hosting to keep track of a Stanford game on TV.  I'm thinking this was around Halloween 2012 -- must have been a competitive game?

Quote from: Capetan Mihali on January 27, 2014, 11:36:13 AM

Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2014, 09:53:56 AM
I went NFL. I was tempted to put NBA but realized I haven't seen a game in ages.

Most of the Stanford grads I've met have been pretty passionate supporters of their team.  I was friends with one in law school who basically sat out most of a party that he was hosting to keep track of a Stanford game on TV.  I'm thinking this was around Halloween 2012 -- must have been a competitive game?

Most of them developed that post-Stanford. I have many friends who went to 0 or 1 games while and undergrad who are now diehard fans. <_<

It can fluctuate depending on how my favorite teams are doing, but for me it's currently NFL, MLB, College Football, College Basketball, then NHL.  Auto Racing isn't anywhere on the map, and I only "follow" NBA when it gets mixed in with other sports news/coverage, and when my coworker goes on & on about Lebron and the Heat.

I have not watched one NFL game since last superbowl, and that was the only NFL game I watched that year, I intend of skipping it this year, I'll watch the commercials later on the web.

Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2014, 11:39:25 AM
Most of them developed that post-Stanford. I have many friends who went to 0 or 1 games while and undergrad who are now diehard fans. <_<

Well, they are a better team now than they were ten years ago.

NFL is not a sport, it is a bureaucracy. Football is a sport, baseball is a sport, basketball is a sport, ice hockey is a sport.

Quote from: Viking on January 27, 2014, 04:46:00 PM
NFL is not a sport, it is a bureaucracy. Football is a sport, baseball is a sport, basketball is a sport, ice hockey is a sport.

See?  This is why only Americans were allowed to vote.

Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2014, 11:39:25 AM
Most of them developed that post-Stanford. I have many friends who went to 0 or 1 games while and undergrad who are now diehard fans. <_<

Posers.

CdM attended every Notre SECDame game when he was a student.

Quote from: Valmy on January 27, 2014, 05:53:13 PM
CdM attended every Notre SECDame game when he was a student.

You forgot Navy, Louisville, SDSU and the mighty Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee State.