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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 4919870, member: 628"]
Working backwards…. Data. That’s how I know there’s more interest. Literally every major pro sport has grown their fanbase size relative to the US population over the past 3 decades.  And that has corresponded with increased player movement and purposeful attempts by the leagues to foster greater parity.

I’m not speaking about feelings here. I’m proffering data-backed facts.

And you’re totally wrong about MLB (since you enjoy being snippy).  There is no major pro sport that has had a wider array of champs in the past two+ decades than MLB.

Since 2001, 16 different MLB franchises have won a World Series. That’s more than half the league.

In the same span there’s been 13 NFL franchises that won a Super Bowl, 12 NBA franchises that won a Finals, and 12 NHL franchises that won a Stanley Cup.

Younger fans are FAR less invested in seeing players stay with the same team for years and years. Again, I know this from running surveys that asked them. Data. They’re more likely to follow said athlete as he switches teams. It’s less about the laundry for them than it is for older fans.

But please, tell me again how I’m couldn’t be more wrong because you feel that way. I’m sure you’re feelings are more viable than 20 years of fan and media research.
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