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Originally Posted by Rams Fan
I suspect at some point the furthest MLB will be third in the big 4 sports leagues.
NHL is too regionally based in popularity to ever be more than 4 and MLS interest will never catch up to MLB.
NBA is the biggest threat to passing MLB.
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NHL got a rights deal with ESPN again and that will help, but they've essentially spent 20 years spinning their wheels. If they make up any ground, it's gonna be a long haul.
The NBA kinda keeps shooting itself in the foot. I mean it's already more popular than baseball in urban areas so if it's going to pass baseball, it has to catch up in middle-america and suburban/rural. It can't just lean into its existing fanbase to catch up/pass MLB.
And frankly, I don't see it happening with the league's insistence on championing social causes anytime soon. I'm disinclined to turn this into a politics thread, but the people that the NBA needs to attract to pass baseball just aren't going to become NBA fans in this climate. I
am an NBA fan and don't watch the league anymore.