Americans are more Involved with Football than Baseball

The debate over which sport truly ranks as America's favorite team sport is part of a long and rich history of sports propagandizing. Some will argue baseball is America's team sport. When we reflect on our American Heritage, images of baseball, the Statue of Liberty, bald eagles, and perhaps most often, apple pie, immediately come to mind. Around 1940, a popular phrase spread wildly and is still quoted today, as American as mom, baseball, and apple pie. With the term baseball accessible in a slogan and a song, people can be easily persuaded Americans are more involved in baseball if a logical argument is presented, but in fact, football is America's favorite team sports and Americans are more involved with football than baseball. This paper will clarify 4 facts about football: football is a long-time enjoyed popular sport; America's favorite sport is football; football is the most popular sport Americans love to watch; and lastly, football brings in the most money over any other sport in the United States.

Football is a long-time enjoyed popular sport, but which came first, baseball, or football? Even the start of baseball and football is debatable. Baseball was introduced to America in 1845. The National League for baseball was established on February 2, 1876. It is the oldest of the Major Leagues. In 1901, the American League was formed. The NFC is the original National Football League, founded August 20, 1920. The AFC was originally the American Football League, founded in 1959; the two leagues merged in 1970.

Now, if we really track history, when the word football is spoken, it is common and save to think soccer. When speaking the English language and in the homeland of the English language, which is England, the game that involves kicking a ball into two goals is called - football. Football is over 300 years old yet baseball isn't even older than 200 years in any form. (answers.com) Football is definitely older than baseball. Since football has been around much longer, America, as a society, has had more time to grow accustom to this team sport that has grown to be so popular.

The concept of football as we know it now was first introduced in the 1880s. A great rugby player from Yale, Walter Camp, broke new ground by changing the rules of rugby that slowly transformed into the new game of American Football. Its roots stemmed from two sports, soccer and rugby, which had enjoyed long-time popularity in many nations of the world.

Football has advanced into America's favorite sport. Through a poll, the most popular team sports in the United States are first American football, then baseball/softball, followed by basketball. (Schmoll) Football is America's first choice of a favorite sport! In 2017, football was the most popular sport played in the United States of America. Fans said their favorite sport is the NFL by 35% followed by MLB at 14% and again, football, but college football, 11% per an article written by Andrew Lance. Being a sport that is mostly played in the United States, the fan base of American Football is concentrated in the US. It is highly popular in the United States. (Russell)

All sports fanatics have a particular sport that interest them. But it is not hard to determine the people's favorite sport to engage in. Once upon a time, baseball used to be America's favorite past-time, but now football has taken over. Hands down, football is the most popular sport Americans love to watch according to ESPN. American Football is one of the most watched sports in the U.S. Elsewhere, it does not enjoy good levels of viewership. (Russell) In 2017, not only was football selected the most popular sport played in the United States of America, it was also voted the most popular sport to watch in the United States of America. Football is played up so enormously by the media. For one, you have the regular season, then the postseason, the combine, the draft, and talks of free agencies. They play football for basically 4 months, then playoffs begins. Meanwhile, the football hype machine goes on all year. This sport, also known to be called gridiron, is important almost throughout the year in every State. Its relevancy peaks up during the NFL season. Not to mention, the biggest event of American Football is the Super Bowl. It is the National Football League Championship Game that is played annually between the champions of the National and the American Football Conferences. It is the most watched sporting event in the US. (quora) When you think about baseball, the baseball season and the game itself is long and drawn out. The hype just isn't there like it is for football.

Football even has a high occurrence on social media. Fans around the world, especially in the US, are drawn to the game of football and is blowing up social media to keep up with the players, the current stats and outcomes of games. Football players and their teams are normally some of the top trends across social media platforms. American Football is prominent in the sports headlines on the print as well as the electronic media in the US, almost throughout the year. (Russell) The love for football is just rapidly sweeping the internet by all ages. NFL is quite popular on the Internet in the US. Google records very high level of American Football related searches in the United States. (Russell)

Football brings in the greatest amount money over any other entertainment sport in America. The National Football League, NFL, is the most widespread sports league in the United States.. The NFL television rights are sold in billions of dollars per year. The teams of NFL and the professionals of American Football are able to land pretty handsome sponsorship deals from the major brands in the US. The numbers are often in tens of millions of dollars. (Russell)

Fans around the world recognizes sports aren't just fun, giggles and a typical games. They are emotional, they are thrilling, and they showcase the human spirit at its best. Even though every victory is a battle, there is money to be made behind each emotional and thrilling game. Any sport can be classified as a type of big business. There is a great opportunity to make billions and billions of dollars off the multiply sport arena. There is the selling of game tickets; popcorn, hotdogs and drinks; and don't forget souvenirs the fans love to purchase. This screams there is money to be made. Football, itself, is leading in this sports world of big business every year. Forbes complies a list of the most valuable sports teams. In 2017 and 2018, Forbes ranked the different football teams currently in the league. Dallas Cowboys easily ranked number one for over the last two years. According to Forbes, the Dallas Cowboys leads the list of 29 NFL teams among the 50 most valuable sports teams in the world. The Cowboys, which is the NFL's most valuable franchise for the 11th straight year, is valued at $4.8 billion- over a billion ahead of the second most valuable NFL team in the New England Patriots ($3.7B), which ranks No. 6 on the list. Dallas is helped by having the highest revenue of any franchise at $840 million. (SBG San Antonio)

In conclusion, football is America's favorite team sports and Americans are more involved with football than baseball. Baseball simply cannot compete with the excitement and thrilling moments of football. Over the years, football has become a long-time enjoyed popular sport making baseball a thing of the past. Americans have a tremulous love for the game of football and what it have developed into over the years. It is America's favorite sport over all the other sports. Football is the most popular sport Americans love to watch and it brings in the most money over any other sport played in America. The old slogan as American as mom, baseball, and apple pie should be changed to as American as mom, football, and apple pie.

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