For the
thirtieth straight year,
NFL football is the most popular sport in America. Major League Baseball languishes in a
distant second place—trailing by a full 21 points (35% to 14%). A new
Harris Poll once again shows that baseball is only marginally ahead of college football on the popularity list (just a three-point edge). For all the talk of how retiring Commissioner
Bud Selig 'saved' the sport, the
truth is that since the devastating 1994 strike, baseball has been an 'also-ran' in the hearts of Americans. Demographically, baseball supporters have a greater tendency to make over $100,000 a year in household income. In general, America
doesn't. Thanks, Bud!
