Yes, the NFL is the most watched sport in the US. Since 1985, the Harris poll has asked adults what their favorite sport is, and NFL has been the most popular for the past 30 years.
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The NFL attracts the most television viewers in America. Baseball has the largest ticket sale revenue in America due to it's 162 game schedule, compared to the NFL's 16 game schedule.
Baseball was the most popular sport in the 1950s in the US because it was one of the first sports to be broadcast on television. Millions of people watched baseball on television or listened to the games on the radio.
The first televised sport in the us is baseball
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Football was the first choice sport in most universities on the east coast of the USA. After playing football for many years US coaches became upset that US athletes struggled with the technical side of the sport. They decided to invent a more basic sport using their hands called gridiron. Football continues to be the first choice sport for millions of americans. But their remains a frustration that the best athletes in the USA have never been able to meet the high standards set by footballers.