(07-26-2022, 11:22 AM)CTcard Wrote:Your slightest whim is my abject command. (or you could have looked it up yourself, lazy bones. Just sayin'). Here's the television figures:(07-24-2022, 09:24 AM)Mick Wrote: 2) I can't speak to age group appeal like BC just did, but here's the collective, league-wide season live attendance for the major sports leagues. I did not include any non-American leagues in any sport other than EPL. Second figure is annual TV viewership:
- MLB, 68.5 mms. (30 teams) - Does not include AAA (13.5 mms.), AA (8.8 mms.), 24 mms.
- NCAA D1 FBS football, 36.7 mms. (131 teams), 249 mms.
- NCAA D1 basketball, 28.0 mms. (358 teams), 351 mms. men, 349 mms. women
- NHL, 22.2 mms. (30 teams), 27.6 mms.
- NBA, 22.0 mms. (32 teams, never would have guessed that hockey outdrew the NBA collectively), 50.4 mms.
- NFL, 17.0 mms. (32 teams), 114.4 mms.
- EPL, 11.1 mms. (20 teams, premier division only)
- MLS, 8.7 mms. (28 teams) , 29.3 mms.
When one posts numbers like this it is very helpful to have some kind of reference as to where they come from. A link is great, but any reference is good. It helps people interested in the topic in track down more information.
[Even if the info is from wikipedia, which is my default guess.]
Sports in the United States - Wikipedia
And the in-person attendance link, mon ami:
List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues - Wikipedia
Audaces fortuna iuvat