Which system is better: NFL or Baseball

you may have gotten a 700 on the verbal part of your sat, but apparently not so good on the math portion (where i got a 700! wheeeee! look how smart i am!)

anyway, from nielson (http://www.nielsenmedia.com/DMAs.html):

the chicago market has 3,430,790 tv homes -- half of that would be 1,715,395

that would put them 12th -- between Detroit -- 1,936,350 and Tampa/St.-Pete (Sarasota) 1,710,400

 

Pube, the fact that you believe that you can simply divide the third market into two to make the sixth market once again proves your incompetence with numbers.

How'd you do on the SAT math portion?

 

Since the Ann Coulter brigade is trying to take every baseball voter's eye off the ball by squabbling market size of Chicago, let's revise it, act like NY, LA and Chicago are half their size (to help baseball out) and put it up again

2005: Chicago, No. T13 market
2004: Boston, No. 6 market
2003: Miami, No. 20 market
2002: Anaheim/LA, No. T4 market
2001: Phoenix, No. 17 market
2000: New York, No. T1 market
1999: New York, No. T1 market
1998: New York, No. T1 market
1997: Miami, No. 20 market
1996: New York, No. T1 market

Average size of championship market: 8.7

These are your Super Bowl champions:

2005: Pittsburgh, No. 25
2004: Boston, No. 6
2003: Boston, No. 6
2002: TBay, No. 15
2001: Boston, No. 6
2000: Baltimore, No. 27
1999: St. Louis, No. 24
1998: Denver: No. 21
1997: Denver: No. 21
1996: Green Bay: No. 36 (Milwaukee)

Average market size of champion: 18.7

 

I have nothing to add to this, other than to tell all of you to shut the fuck up.

This dead horse has been beaten not only into worm's food, but worm's gruel.

 

I tend to agree with Bubbler, but let's play with the chart a little anyway, since we all know Pube likes to have fun with numbers.

Baseball
05 - Chicago (half, which is generous) 12
04 - Boston - 5
03 - Miami - 17
02 - Anaheim - 5 (half of LA, not all)
01 - Phoenix - 14

Average market size 10.6

Football
05 - Pitt - 22
04 - Bos - 5
03 - Bos - 05
02 - T. Bay 12
01 - Bos - 05

Average market size 10.8

I'll go back to my corner, now.

 

Zeke, I'm not sure how shrinking the sample size is supposed to give you a more accurate result.
You'll have to explain that one.
I don't think that was on the SAT, either.

 

Hieroglyphics

 

ZekeAT

 

Please, Zeke. Don't respond to Pube. Let him discuss things by himself. It's what he's best at, it seems.

 

I agree... just respond to Twoback.

 

Actually, it won't really, Two.

i'm using them to make a point to Pube, who is amazed by numbers but doesn't understand them.

As for your chart, it doesn't do a lot for me.

Of course it's easier to support a football team in a smaller area.

They only play once a week, on the weekend.

If that was all you were arguing, however, I'll stipulate it. I still don't think being able to support teams in smaller television markets necessarily makes the NFL's system better.

 

Pubert,

Why do you bother asking questions when you already know the answer?

And why don't you get a job? I can't imagine writing 13 posts back-to-back on a message board is all that lucrative.