# Are sports media biased for certain sports? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sports-media-biased-for-certain-sports/397121 "2007-03-23T02:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sports-media-biased-for-certain-sports/397121/21 "2007-03-26T15:41:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Golf may have a smaller fan base, but fans of golf tend to be much wealthier than fans of NASCAR. Demographics matter. Yep- You’ll notice that the products advertised stick in the professional services and luxury vehicles arena for golf, while nascar decals trumpet mostly widely-available consumer products and the ads are more middle-class. Golf has the added “escapist” feeling and gentle production values, they are going for the audience that might shit the hepplewhite chaise if a NASCAR race came on the plasma. I have seen and enjoyed NASCAR races, but like hockey, I don’t think it plays well on TV. The NFL has done such a good job of making the game TV-friendly that it dominates the conversation. The NFL on TV is preferable to live at this point- there’s no other sport I’d say that about. It’s probably not irrelevant that fantasy football is much more accessible and enjoyable for armchair athletes than other fantasy sports- that increases regular peoples’ stake in NFL games. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sports-media-biased-for-certain-sports/397121/22 "2007-03-26T16:46:19Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] Well, in baseball, you have a roster of 25. 8 of those guys are everyday starters, so every fan knows them. 5 of them are starting pitchers, and every fan knows them. 2 of them are closers, and every fan knows them. [/QUOTE] Well, every fan of the TEAM. I’m a huge baseball fan and I can’t tell you every team’s starter, just my own (Toronto) team, and probably the Yankees because the Blue Jays play them all the time and they’re famous. I have some trouble believing hard core football fans can’t do the same. I’ve known lots of folks who loved their NFL teams as much as I love my Blue Jays and they could easily name the team roster. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sports-media-biased-for-certain-sports/397121.md?page=1)