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[QUOTE="xc84, post: 1076811, member: 1526"]
That does not change the numbers.   NBA draws 3.5X more.  To say it is more popular than the NBA is ludicrous.  Look at the TV revenue and salaries again ...which any league owner is more partial to than attendance.  In addition, NBA games are played in an arena... soccer in stadiums.  It's for that reason that no one who wants to be taken seriously would ever compare average attendance of the NFL (stadium) v. NBA (arena) and make a judgement solely on avg. game attendance.

When we stop having threads of "Soccer is popular, really!"  then that will be a sign that maybe soccer has caught on as a major sport in the U.S.   I recall back in the 70s how soccer was "on the verge of becoming a major U.S. sport" and how "backwards" the U.S. is because it wasn't already.

I am actually fine with soccer having a major presence if it ever happens just the same way I am fine with NASCAR.  I don't go to or watch those events but if people like them, great.  I really like to watch track and field but feel no need to insist that others should too.
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