[Money99]

Good points by both of you gents.

Baseball, horse racing and boxing used to be the Big 3 of sports 50 years ago.

I never thought I'd see a day where MMA would be more popular than boxing - especially after watching the original UFC 1.

You never know if hockey will eventually usurp one of the big 3 today.
I do think it's very possible if an American came in and was the next Gretzky or Lemieux.
Golf was popular but went into a completely different stratosphere when Tiger Woods came on the scene.
And basketball was kind of wandering in the sports wilderness until Bird and Magic came around. It shot the moon once Jordan usurped them.

DrJones, I agree with a lot of your points. It may never happen simply because it's a foreign sport to so many in the populace.
They don't grow up with it.
But 20 years from now? Who knows?
Maybe if a US born player were to take the helm and be the Lebron of the NHL.
Still, I don't think the American publics imagination can be captured if said Superstar is recording 90 points a year.
We'd need to see him get 150+ for that to happen.
And we all know major changes would need to happen for that to take place.