Will there ever be a new sport that is amongst the top 4 or 5?

AudioSavior

A new sport. I was including Soccer as one of the top 4 or 5.

Tyler Durden

Maybe one day they'll be a "World Cup" or something where like everyone in the world takes part (and not just two or three countries) and it's like the event that's second only to the Olympics.

Man that would be surreal.

Miakal

Me?

I think America is just all right. However, I do have a gun, which I tote, which is made out of the American flag.

Erin

Monk's First Lady

I kind of liked that Slam Ball sport. I don't know if it is still on, but Spike used to show it. Did you guys get it in the UK? Anyways, the concept was much like basketball, but with trampolines around the net, and body contact.

It was actually a lot of fun to watch.

Dr. Giganto

NASCAR

For us up north it's pretty insignificant, but it is HUGE in the south.

Disco Raheem

Sounds trashier than a WWE marathon.

I agree with Miakal, watch out for soccer, before you know it it's gonna be played in more countries than you can count on your fingers.

Disco Raheem

So is incest. Point?

The Phantom

Yeah I've seen that, it looks fun. It's tucked away on some obscure cable channel.

Dr. Giganto

well, since you asked...

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The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the NEXTEL Cup Series, the Busch Series and the Craftsman Truck Series. It also oversees seven regional series and one local grassroots series. NASCAR sanctions over 1,500 races at over 100 tracks in 38 states, Canada, and Mexico.

Beginning as regional entertainment in the Southeastern U.S., NASCAR has grown to become the second most popular professional spectator sport in terms of television ratings inside the U.S., ranking behind only the National Football League. Internationally, NASCAR races are broadcast in over 150 countries. It holds 17 of the top 20 attended sporting events in the U.S.¹, and has 75 million fans who purchase over $2 billion in annual licensed product sales. These fans are considered the most brand-loyal in all of sports, and as a result, Fortune 500 companies sponsor NASCAR more than any other sport

The current television contract was signed for eight years for FOX/FX and six years for NBC/TNT and is valued at $2.4 billion (US)

XM Radio currently holds the exclusive satellite radio broadcast rights for all NASCAR coverage through the end of the 2006 season. On February 23, 2005, NASCAR awarded the satellite radio contract to XM Radio's primary competitor Sirius Satellite Radio for exclusive satellite radio rights to the 2007 through 2011 racing seasons in exchange for $107 million dollars

Fan Demographics

Some bias comes from the belief that most NASCAR fans are rednecks because of the sport's Southern heritage; this stereotype is largely inaccurate. According to NASCAR, about 10% of NASCAR fans are African-American, which is a slightly smaller percentage of African-Americans than in the general population. This compares to the NFL, where African-American NFL fans represent about 11.7 percent of the total NFL base. The percentage of African-American NASCAR fans has grown by 86% since 1999. About 40% of fans are female. Almost half have attended college and about 25% have attained a college degree. About 36% of NASCAR fans make more than $50,000 a year. Finally, NASCAR fans are evenly distributed across the country. For example, 20% of NASCAR fans live in the Northeast U.S.; this is in line with the general population--20% of the U.S. population lives in the Northeast. While the largest base of NASCAR fans live in the Southern U.S., only 38% of the NASCAR fans live in the South. Again, this is in line with the general population--35% of the population lives in the South.

Dr. Giganto

For those of you who are too lazy to read, NASCAR makes a lot of money, draws a lot of fans, and is also enjoyed by large numbers of women, African-Americans, Northerners, and well-educated individuals