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According to a 2008 Harris Poll,

It said so in a poll, so it must be true! ;-)

Polling is dead as a survey taking method, whether it be telephone polling or (gasp!) internet polling. If you want me to list all the reasons why, just let me know and I will do it.

You have only added to the point I was trying to make, which was that any sort of appraisal of the most popular sport in America is going to be suspect.

I'm not sure if 20.000+ is a realistic number on the short term, however I do agree we should be able to attract way more managers from the USA. Some good points were made in this thread, and it's not as easy as it sounds to increase the userbase with 1000% in a short time.

If you got any suggestions that might help BuzzerBeater USA to grow to 20k, or just suggestions that help BB grow in general, please don't hestitate to send them via BB-Mail or email if you'd like.

Well, start advertising BB in real-world ;)
I mean Newspapers and Magazines (not only in the net)

I’m sure that now the Winter Olympics are over, Americans will start signing up for BB in large numbers now. Americans give so much attention to the Winter Olympics and counting medals that we’ve had so little time other things. I for one haven’t eaten in about three weeks since I live for curling. I haven’t even gone “tourist tipping” by Macy’s in a month (it’s a New York thing, which is great fun, and a warning to all you tourists not to gawk or walk too slowly in front of the Macy’s store windows during lunch time…). No more hanging out at the bar watching reruns of the day’s downhill skiing events or synchronized bobsled dancing highlights.

All of this is to say that basketball has a long way to go internationally and yes, that the US is still leaps and bounds ahead of the world in basketball, in much the same way Canada is with Hockey.

I wasn't aware that Canada is leaps and bounds ahead of the world in hockey. Sure Canada got the gold medal in the Olympics (it took OT, and that after losing the to the USA the first time the teams played...), but last I checked, hockey is the choice of fanatics in many parts of the US, like upstate New York, most of Michigan or Minnesota... the USA is a big country, big enough to provide top-notch athletes in several different sports. I'm not going to debate who is #1, but to say leaps and bounds is a leap and bound.

And I'm not so sure that the US can claim to be leaps and bounds ahead of the entire world in basketball anymore, though I would agree that the USA is probably comfortably back on top again (for now). A cross section of the NBA is I think is testimony to the international nature the game has been taking on, while yes, American players are by far the most common, and American players also fill significance parts of the rosters in international leagues everywhere, this isn't 1990 anymore.

And don't get me started about how many times I get to a local park to play some pick-up ball, and these kids out here today don't even seen to know what an off-the-ball screen is, for heaven's sake... makes me wonder about the future of the game here.

For most the US it's true that hockey goes by mostly unnoticed, but I'm telling you there are parts of the US where hockey is in fact THE sport. Many, if not most, are near Canada, so I guess there is that Canadian influence. I blame the cold weather more than Canada, personally. It's really hard to get a pick-up game of hockey in Alabama. (And the Canadian soccer team doesn't really strike fear in most national teams, I suppose maybe since Canadians don't have a heck of a lot of good soccer weather most places to practice in).

My point wasn't that the poll was credible or not, it was that just because you find something on the internet doesn't mean it is true.

You are wrong about not being able to watch basketball on TV here in Thailand. There are several NBA games on every week, there are several college games on every week, there is the SE Asian basketball league on every week, there is world basket roundup every week, and you can even watch incredibly lame local high school girls games on local cable. So... that's your first misstatment of "fact." I live in a village of about 250 people and I know of two hoops here, not including the one that's gonna go up in my driveway when my duaghters get a little older.... In town about 8 kilometers (about 5 miles for the km-m conversion challenged) away there is a pickup game every day at 6am and another one at 6pm, unless it's raining.

I played pickup hoop in Buenos Aires twice, and I was only there for two weeks. The players were really into it. It's also pretty easy to find a pickup game in Tokyo as well. It's been popular in Japan for years. You might find this book enjoyable-(http://openlibrary.org/b/OL4199886M/Enlightenment_through...)

I would venture to say that I know at least as much about basketball as anybody on this site, having played, coached, refereed, watched, read about, written about, and dreamed about it since long before the Kings moved to Sacramento, where I grew up.

Personally, I would say that baseball is more popular than basketball. But, really it is a moot point. The point I was trying to make originally is that in the USA, people have soooooooo many options with which to fill their free time that the competition is fierce.

Oh, and one last thing. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/11/nets-attendance-...) Popular? Ouch.

Last edited by somdetsfinest at 3/1/2010 12:34:29 PM