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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 21 01:20:44 2010, in response to Re: Florida Marlins Making A Buzz(Re: WORLD CUP Thread), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Jun 20 07:34:48 2010. Golf no. There is no doubt golf is mainstream in this country. But not necessarily because people like to watch it, but because many like to play it. In fact, it's more popular than ever. It probably is more mainstream to watch though though too than soccer is.Wrong on both counts. If you go by participation rates, soccer blows golf away. If you go by TV viewership rates of big events for both sports, soccer still blows golf away. The Slovenia game (a mere First Round match played early in the morning on a weekday) blew away the ratings of anything golf. It destroyed Stanley Cup ratings (which were in primetime) and is right up there with NBA Finals ratings (also in primetime). Of course many people (like me) watched both the WC Game and the NBA Game 7. I used to go to the US Open a lot in the 90's when I used to get free tickets from a cousin I had that played in the open from Europe. Most of the audience were rich older people, or "foreigners". That's because the tickets are very expensive for ordinary plebes. Boxing? It's gone down and down in popularity. I think it was much more popular decades past. That's true. |
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