Attendance 2019

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

and DC is doing the same thing with the Nationals, Redskins, Redskins and Redskins.

I know this is not supported by this baseball board, but the NFL has long overtaken MLB as more followed sport.

Sure, it's much easier to gamble on.

[Redskins Rick]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Sure, it's much easier to gamble on.

i doubt a majority of the fans are into gambling on their teams.

but, heck, Ive been wrong before.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Redskins Rick said:

i doubt a majority of the fans are into gambling on their teams.

but, heck, Ive been wrong before.

Fantasy football is a type of gambling.

[Redskins Rick]

4 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Fantasy football is a type of gambling.

I guess, I never thought of it like that.

Fantasy Baseball is still pretty big.

[DrungoHazewood]

12 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

I know this is not supported by this baseball board, but the NFL has long overtaken MLB as more followed sport.

I'm fairly sure we're not all completely delusional here.  American football passed baseball in popularity in the US about the time I was in kindergarten, if not earlier.  This is not in dispute.

[Redskins Rick]

1 minute ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I'm fairly sure we're not all completely delusional here.  American football passed baseball in popularity in the US about the time I was in kindergarten, if not earlier.  This is not in dispute.

I mentioned the something about this subject the other day, when we was dicussing the downward spiral that MLB is in, and some of the posters stuck to their guns, that Baseball is the only sport.

They are welcome to that belief, but I dont share it.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

I guess, I never thought of it like that.

Fantasy Baseball is still pretty big.

Compared to fantasy hockey.  I don't think it is near as big as football. (or the NCAA BB tournament)

I think baseball being harder to gamble on has been a factor in it's decline in popularity.

[DrungoHazewood]

10 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

i doubt a majority of the fans are into gambling on their teams.

but, heck, Ive been wrong before.

According to a comprehensive analysis of one article I just found on Google, about $2B was legally bet on football in Nevada in 2017.  I'd guess that illegal betting on football, or legal betting in other locations, was at least that high or higher.  So maybe $5B? a year gambled on football.  What is that, about 33% of what the NFL brings in, in total revenues, in a year?  $5B is the equivalent of a million people each betting $5,000 on the NFL a year.  Or 100,000,000 people each betting $50.  That's a fair amount of gambling.

[DrungoHazewood]

6 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

I mentioned the something about this subject the other day, when we was dicussing the downward spiral that MLB is in, and some of the posters stuck to their guns, that Baseball is the only sport.

They are welcome to that belief, but I dont share it.

It's a completely different subject to discuss your favorite sport, or the favorite sport of average Americans.  The NFL is about 8th on my list of sports to watch, and as I mentioned the other day I'd just as soon cut the grass, but I know it's at the top of the list for at least a plurality of Americans.

[Redskins Rick]

1 minute ago, DrungoHazewood said:

It's a completely different subject to discuss your favorite sport, or the favorite sport of average Americans.  The NFL is about 8th on my list of sports to watch, and as I mentioned the other day I'd just as soon cut the grass, but I know it's at the top of the list for at least a plurality of Americans.

I dont see Oriole fans (or anything other baseball team) walking around in tennis shoes blazen with their team's name and colors.

But, you can see that here with the Ravens and Redskins.

[DrungoHazewood]

5 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

I dont see Oriole fans (or anything other baseball team) walking around in tennis shoes blazen with their team's name and colors.

But, you can see that here with the Ravens and Redskins.

The average MLB fan is 66 and wears orthopaedic shoes.  They're harder to get in orange and black.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, DrungoHazewood said:

The average MLB fan is 66 and wears orthopaedic shoes.  They're harder to get in orange and black.

Do my Birkenstocks count?

[Redskins Rick]

1 minute ago, DrungoHazewood said:

The average MLB fan is 66 and wears orthopaedic shoes.  They're harder to get in orange and black.

Thats too funny.

Im not quite 66, and I own Redskins sneakers, and tried to get Oriole ones, a few years ago, or even black with orange swish, and coudn't find any.

 

[Redskins Rick]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Do my Birkenstocks count?

Dang your orthopaedic fit in them?

Good for you.

:):):):)

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Redskins Rick said:

Dang your orthopaedic fit in them?

Good for you.

:):):):)

I wear them to deal with my plantar fasciitis.