Quote Originally Posted by dawgs View Post
But yet baseball ratings are the best when the Yankees or Red Sox or cubs are winning titles...
Yes, when there are high population areas that are big fans of those sports then they do get higher ratings. What I was saying is that you would see a drastic drop in ratings if the Yankees and Cubs played for the World Series every year. The ratings might be high for the first few years but by year 6 or 7, boredom would set in. It is the same way with TV shows. Eventually when plot of the show is repetitive then the ratings go down. Professional sports are kind of a different animal in that you have loyalty to your team. MSU fans are a lot more likely to watch a game involving MSU. Hell, we have people that think since Dan can't get over the hump of 7 - 8 wins then we need a new coach. That is kind of boredom of seeing the same wins against the same type of teams. People would risk going back to 4 - 6 wins just for a chance at beating Bama.