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What's Your Edge
Jewelry & Toolery The debate started when Phil claimed the Bears were the most popular team in America. The rest of us agreed that the Cowboys were more popular, but that led to a longer discussion of who are the most well known in all sports.
Here are my guesses but a few rules first:
1) How many legitimate fans do they have?
2) Do people in another country know about them?
3) What kind of national exposure do they have?
3) How many people hate them more than any other team? (Weren't the popular kids in HS also the most hated)
MLB: NY Yankees
1) They're the favored team in NY, so they have a shit ton of fans.
2) Go to an H&M in Europe and you'll see Yankees hats for sale, I have a feeling thats because people like the "N" "Y" for New York rather than the baseball team.
3) iF its not every game they have against the Red Sox on ESPN, or the YES network, i have to read about A-Rod in the tabloids. (if I actually read the tabloids...)
4) IF you don't love them you hate them.
NFL: Dallas Cowboys
1) i assume alot based on how many kids bought their pull-over starter jacket in the 4th grade
2) I'm not sure if anyone outside the US gives a shit about fOOtball
3) They have more nationally televised games than any other team, and they didnt even make the playoff last year!
4) If you don't love them you hate them
NHL: haha, just kidding
NBA: LA Lakers
1) 8 million So Calers minus 37 Clippers' fans
2) China gives this award to the Houston Rockets
3) more than most
4) I don't like them and who would ever disagree with me
Taking that flawed logic into account for each sport the winner is.... Tiger Woods... just kidding. I'm going with the Yankees. This answer is reasonable if the question is, "which US sports team is the most popular?" Of course I ignored all the European soccer teams like Manchester United or Real Madrid that are more renowned worldwide than any US sports team.
What are your thoughts?
I love you,
-Matt
May 5, 09 14:51:20
Im from Liverpool, England and
I watch nearly all sports from proper football (what you call soccer ;) to basketball.
The most famous/popular world football teams in my opinion are my team, Liverpool, Manchester United (scum) Spanish teams like Real Madrid or Barcelona and maybe AC Milan & Juventus from Italy.
From my own experience when you ask someone over here to name an American Basketball team you would get one of two answers, Chicago Bulls or The Lakers. (basketball is only shown on one tv station over here at about 3am on a tuesday/wednesday night)
If you asked someone to name an American Football team you would probably again only get one of three answers, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins or maybe NY Giants. (NFL is only shown on 1 sports channel again and it not very popular)
Baseball team and thats where people would struggle to name anyone other than the NY Yankees or Boston Red Sox, baseball doesnt really get any tv coverage over here, and if it does it will be 3-4am on on channel that no one really watches.
May 7, 09 22:20:38
Great comment pernicious. That's the kind of insight I was hoping for. I knew the Bulls were huge when Jordan played but i just assumed they faded away. i'm really surprised about the Miami Dolphins, they ahven't been particularly good and havent had a steady superstar since Dan Marino.
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