Lance Armstrong is spot on(Re: James PEDs debate)

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lol "baseball more popular than basketball" LOLOLOL

[Real Men Wear Green]

If someone digs up real evidence the media will be all over the NBA. But until then irresponsible speculation can do no more than make some star mad at a reporter. It would be fair to ask the league about tougher testing. But it would be stupid to badger a guy like James with accusations he will deny in the absence of proof. The over-analysis of his jaw line means nothing.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Dude, seriously? Baseball is irrelevant until the playoffs (LOL at 180 regular season games). It's on par with hockey in terms of "popularity". I'd say it's just a few notches above Major League Soccer.

NFL (by a wide margin) > NBA > MLB == NHL > MLS

It makes more money. And profit is easily the best measure of popularity.

[wang4three]

Dude, seriously? Baseball is irrelevant until the playoffs (LOL at 180 regular season games). It's on par with hockey in terms of "popularity". I'd say it's just a few notches above Major League Soccer.

NFL (by a wide margin) > NBA > MLB == NHL > MLS

I know I'm on an NBA forum, but the numbers do not support your theory at all. MLB is reporting like 7billion in revenue with 500 million in profit. Meanwhile, the NBA generates 4 billion with million 200 in profit. The numbers are not even comparable. Even with players making more money in the MLB, there is just so much more money in the MLB than the NBA.

If you look at Forbes top 50 richest sports teams in the World, the NBA doesn't even grace it till #35 with the Lakers. Meanwhile both the Dodgers and the Yankees are in the top 10.

Also if you look at viewership, the World Series beats the NBA Finals in similar situations. This year, Game 7 of the finals drew a near-record of 18 million viewers. In 2011, Game 7 of the World Series drew over 25 million viewers.

Baseball is bigger than basketball from a view perspective as well as a money perspective. It's the #2 sports in America, no matter how you look at it.

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this guy is on roids


but this guy isnt


nice logic, ISH

[wang4three]

I guarantee the only reason they make more is because they literally have twice as many games. I'm sure the ratings for the NBA are much higher

Numbers do not support your theory. If we look at viewership of each of their playoffs, the MLB wins.

[R.I.P.]

Lance is dangerous. He

[fpliii]

Numbers do not support your theory. If we look at viewership of each of their playoffs, the MLB wins.

Not so sure about that, perhaps you're right though.

Can someone post the WS/Finals ratings from the last 5 years or so? I can't ATM, but if a little later nobody has, I'll do the research.

[The Choken One]

I know I'm on an NBA forum, but the numbers do not support your theory at all. MLB is reporting like 7billion in revenue with 500 million in profit. Meanwhile, the NBA generates 4 billion with million 200 in profit. The numbers are not even comparable. Even with players making more money in the MLB, there is just so much more money in the MLB than the NBA.

If you look at Forbes top 50 richest sports teams in the World, the NBA doesn't even grace it till #35 with the Lakers. Meanwhile both the Dodgers and the Yankees are in the top 10.

Also if you look at viewership, the World Series beats the NBA Finals in similar situations. This year, Game 7 of the finals drew a near-record of 18 million viewers. In 2011, Game 7 of the World Series drew over 25 million viewers.

Baseball is bigger than basketball from a view perspective as well as a money perspective. It's the #2 sports in America, no matter how you look at it.

Numbers don't mean much to people on this site.

If you talk to the casual person, most will say baseball is the better sport. It's to be expected though, we're on a basketball website.

NFL > MLB > NBA

[Real Men Wear Green]

this guy is on roids


but this guy isnt


nice logic, ISH

Failing a test is proof. Big muscles aren't. Do you know anything about PEDs? Look at all the cyclists that have been busted over the years. There isn't a single NFL player skinnier than Lance Armstrong. Does that mean the entirity of football is doping? Your "logic" is stupid.

[R.I.P.]

Btw has this kicked into gear, becaaue Tyson Gay has been busted? Usain Bolt is reaching Armstrong level

[mugiwara]

People are still that naive after Lance? What, is basketball supposed to be a clean sport, unlike MLB? If PEDs help baseball players, track athletes, and cyclists, don't you think they would help basketball players?

It's weird. We seem to care deeply if someone on the track, the road or the diamond is juicing. We don't seem to care much at all if it's football or basketball.

specifics

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Failing a test is proof. Big muscles aren't. Do you know anything about PEDs? Look at all the cyclists that have been busted over the years. There isn't a single NFL player skinnier than Lance Armstrong. Does that mean the entirity of football is doping? Your "logic" is stupid.

you think guys can train year round playing hoops and still maintain that kinda size/strength/athleticism while playing professional games every 2-3 nights? you sure iz dumb.

im not ratting out lebron specifically.. theyre all on it.. and its naive young brats like yourself who refuse to see it

[Nash]

Difference between Lebron and Armstrong, Bolt, Tyson Gay and the rest of those who cheated were guys who came outta nowhere and started performing at a level nobody ever expected them to be. Lebron on the other hand has been a prodigy and an athletic freak since he was 16.

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[QUOTE=R.I.P.]Btw has this kicked into gear, becaaue Tyson Gay has been busted? Usain Bolt is reaching Armstrong level