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Originally Posted by BDBohnzie
well, during that year, you can attribute 2 things to those guys having such a race...juiced baseballs and juiced bodies.
but you make a good point about the media, and their influence on not just sports but life in general. the media outlets (for the most part) basically decide what you should see and when. what's sad is without the World Cup, there would be more poker and dominos on ESPN and ESPN2 than soccer...
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Yeah but dude, how do media outlets decide what to put on TV? The ones that bring the most revenue. Which ones bring the most revenue? The ones that advertisers are willing to pay the most for a 30 second ad slot. Which sports are they willing to pay the most for a 30 second ad slot?
The sport more people want to watch.
The sports shown on TV and covered in the papers are the ones that fans are most interested in. Fan interest drives what's covered in the media, it's not the media that decides it for us.
When it comes down to it, more Americans want to watch football and baseball than do soccer or hockey. Why? Don't know for sure, but it's not because the media covers football and baseball. That puts the cart before the horse.
It all comes back to the almighty dollar.