Sandomir - NBA TV Ratings in Tank

1. You can play basketball all by yourself.
2. You guys need to seriously look at yourselves. You're blaming me for not bringing in any stats when at the same time you guys cant bring any either. Thia is laughable.
Oh, and then you resort to "BASEBALL WINS AGAIN, HOTDOGS AND JOE MORGAN! YEAH! 50% DROP? FUCK THAT, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE."

You didn't say "baseball was better than ever" on this thread. Im pretty sure you said it on the past baseball vs. basketball thread.
Secondly, I remember you saying all that stuff about baseball. But you've never actually stated that the sport is in trouble. 50% drop in ratings sine 95'? Come on now.
And don't give me this "But there are more channels now blah blah blah". Why did you guys go off when the NBA ratings came out?
This is tooooooooooooo funny.

 

I would argue that Joe Morgan is an example of what is WRONG with baseball, actually.

 

Dude, everything about baseball perfect.

 

Chuck, you're slipping into troll territory with this stuff.

 

Ok, Im gonna try to make this simple.

I didn't give any stats. You're right(BTE was the one that brought up the 50% decline in ratings since 95'). I gave some points, but not stats.


BUT.YOU.DIDN'T.EITHER.

 

You can't "play" basketball all by yourself. You can practice it all by yourself. Just as you can practice throwing footballs, pitching or shooting a soccer ball all by yourself.

 

Check out these numbers, Chuck.

Let me know if you still think kids don't play baseball.

http://www.ncys.org/pdf/marketResearch.pdf.

 

Where do you throw or pitch to? The wall. Oh yeah that's a looooooot fun.
You're right, soccer can be played all by yourself. But it's a lot more fun to play basketball by yourself. There's more of a challenge(and Im a soccer guy).

 

Oh that's great. There are more playing baseball in Stuart, FL. That's it, end of discussion. Stuart, FL=USA : You guys are just as bad as me. You keep bringing this "well there are kids play baseball in MY area"
I didn't see any comparison to basketball either.

 

Here's your HS sports participation statistics.

http://www.nfhs.org/web/2006/09/participation_in_high_school_sports_increases_again_confirms_nf.aspx

TEN MOST POPULAR BOYS PROGRAMS
Schools

1. Basketball 17,535
2. Track and Field - Outdoor 15,497
3. Baseball 15,290
4. Football - 11-player 13,727
5. Golf 13,267
6. Cross Country 13,110
7. Soccer 10,580
8. Wrestling 9,744
9. Tennis 9,706
10. Swimming and Diving 6,224

Participants

1. Football - 11-player 1,071,775
2. Basketball 546,335
3. Track and Field - Outdoor 533,985
4. Baseball 470,671
5. Soccer 358,935
6. Wrestling 251,534
7. Cross Country 208,303
8. Golf 161,284
9. Tennis 153,006
10. Swimming and Diving 107,468

TEN MOST POPULAR GIRLS PROGRAMS
Schools

1. Basketball 17,275
2. Track and Field - Outdoor 15,417
3. Softball - Fast Pitch 14,710
4. Volleyball 14,578
5. Cross Country 12,989
6. Soccer 9,970
7. Tennis 9,816
8. Golf 8,816
9. Swimming and Diving 6,559
10. Competitive Spirit Squads 3,914

Participants

1. Basketball 452,929
2. Track and Field - Outdoor 439,200
3. Volleyball 390,034
4. Softball - Fast Pitch 369,094
5. Soccer 321,555
6. Cross Country 175,954
7. Tennis 173,753
8. Swimming and Diving 147,413
9. Competitive Spirit Squads 98,570
10. Golf 64,195

 

Read'em and weap boys

 

I guess I should have expected this response.

Since you didn't bother to look at the numbers, which you asked for, by the way, here are a few:

Numbers of Little League participants -- 2,845,425
Babe Ruth League -- 1,000,000
T-ball USA Association -- 2,200,000
USA Baseball -- 12,000,000