um....this thread posed a question.
and in this thread, a number of people offered their opinion that soccer would never be this or that or take over these 4 yadda yadda etc.
while i don't particularly care, bc the issue isn't whether the MLS will become bigger than MLB or NFL or anything...and bc I will spend most of my soccer time watching other leagues...
I can't for the life of me figure out how anyone could make such a ridiculous statement regarding a table that showed MLS had higher per-game average attendance than NBA and NHL.
Even with the caveats you mentioned, which are far from damning, the fact remains. I didn't say it suggested some kind of great change in the landscape, just posted the fact.
I don't know what is misleading about it.
The top NBA teams draw more than twice the lower ones per game...
regardless, I don't see how anyone that has paid any attention to the sports landscape in the US since the early 90s can't discern the considerable, consistent, and obvious rise in the popularity of soccer in the US.
I would say you are trolling, except you seem to take your argument way too seriously.
And re: the other post about demographics...I don't think it's altogether true...and to whatever degree it is, it will change. The local HS team here is mostly Hispanic...i've seen places where they have strong African or Asian immigrant communities with the same thing...Soccer is not confined in America to the children of NASL supporters or yuppies...and support for the MLS stands to gain as these gruops integrate.