Football

Everyone know that baseball is called "Our National Pasttime" but should it still be considered this? I believe that football has now taken over baseball's spot as our national pasttime and favorite sport. When looking at MLB stadiums recently, I noticed they a majority of them were maybe half full. I saw in Florida there were maybe 100 fans in the stands the last few games, and their team is not doing poorly. In baseball, not during the playoffs, not selling out stadiums is becoming a more common theme. Of course this does not count for the Yankees, Cubs or Red Sox because those fans will come to games even if they have the worst records in baseball. Mostly, I am talking about the other 30 teams or so that do not fill up their stadiums on a regular game day. Now in the NFL and college football world, you would be hard pressed to find a ticket to any NFL game and any premier college football program, such as USC, Florida, Notre Dame. Many NFL teams have multiple year long waiting lists for season tickets. For example, I signed up to purchase season tickets for the Chicago Bears three years ago and I am still not close to being able to purchase them. My family bought me Bears tickets two years ago for New Years Eve in Chicago. The tickets were $350. Who would shell out that much for a baseball game? I am not hating on baseball. I am a diehard Chicago Cubs fan and would pay to watch them play everyday if I could. I am just saying, I'd rather pay more to watch my first favorite sport, rather than my second.