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Psycho_Sentinal t1_j9bt1q1 wrote

Counterpoint: while MLB has the highest total it is no longer “The Sport” and the NFL has taken over in cultural significance.

For example the MLB World Series avg viewership for 2022 was about 12 million. The average viewership for a Regular Season NFL game is 17 million.

So more people watch NFL games that may or may not be competing for playoff seeding or have the best teams in the league/be in the best time slots or even broadcasted nationally. The World Series is a national broadcast and still falls short.

There is a reason why the tv rights for the NFL dominate every other league. More people care to spend their time watching games. And any game for the NFL when compared to the playoffs or championship of other sports.

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RelativeAssistant923 t1_j9br476 wrote

No, it is not "America's game". It is third in TV viewership, third in self identified fan interest, and second in overall revenue. It's also declining: only 25% of sports fans under the age of 25 say they follow it (https://www.statista.com/chart/15869/favrotie-sports-league/) and attendance is down 14% since 2007 (https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2387447)

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prylosec t1_j9bjgun wrote

What field are you in? Internship experiences can vary so much from field to field and it's interesting to hear about others' experiences. I went to an engineering school, so it was pretty common for people to make a bunch of money designing something and I was initially taken aback to learn that to others an internship means running errands for little to no pay.

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