# Rank the four leagues. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 12, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402 "2018-11-12T11:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/21 "2018-11-13T00:46:19Z")
1a. MLB 1b. NHL My two main sports aside from the Premier League these days. I’m pretty active in the monthly threads for both sports. 1. NFL. I don’t follow it like I used to, mainly for fantasy purposes these days. The Bears have been entertaining this year and my good friend is a Redskins fan, so I’ll pay attention to those teams . It’s pretty rare to see an Arizona Cardinals game in Chicago so it’s been hard to keep up with them since I moved. 2. NBA. Just don’t care anymore. Too many other things on. I’ll watch it in a sports bar, but I’m sick of Lebron hype. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/22 "2018-11-13T00:55:16Z")
1. Mlb 2. Mlb 3. Mlb 4. Nhl 5. Nhl 6. Nfl 7. Nba ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/23 "2018-11-13T00:57:26Z")
NBA MLB NFL NHL Love the first, watch the 2nd, refuse to watch the third, never cared about the 4th. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/24 "2018-11-13T01:23:00Z")
1. Mlb 2. Nfl 3. Nhl 4. Nba ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/25 "2018-11-13T02:16:45Z")
Pretty much only MLB. In the NFL I watch the Superbowl, and regular season or playoff games when the Giants are doing well (which means I haven’t watched any for a while now.;)) I’ve got very little interest in the NHA and NBA, but have watched them when NY teams have been doing well, which means almost never in the past few decades. ---
**Author:** ![Dickerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Dickerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dickerman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/26 "2018-11-13T16:58:48Z")
1. NFL (Every week during the season) 2. NHL (when it happens to be on TV) 3. NBA (during playoffs) 4. MLB (wife won’t allow it on in the house) ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/27 "2018-11-13T17:13:43Z")
1. NFL 2. More NFL 3. Even more NFL 4. Everything else. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/28 "2018-11-13T17:26:27Z")
1. MLB (Last Championship, Red Sox 2018) 2. NFL (Last Championship, Patriots 2016) 3. NHL (Last Championship, Bruins 2011) 4. NBA (Last Championship, Celtics, 2008) ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/29 "2018-11-13T17:43:16Z")
College football is the only sport I follow very closely. 1. NBA - I enjoy watching basketball, I just don’t have time to watch it much. I grew up in Central Florida and went to lots of Orlando Magic games growing up. 2. NFL - I turn on the NFL if I want to get a nap on Sunday afternoons. I only put it at #2 because I pretty much always watch the Super Bowl, and follow the playoffs sometimes. 3. MLB - I’ll watch a World Series game every now and then. Other than that, nothing. 4. NHL - I’ve probably watched 15 minutes of NHL hockey in my lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/30 "2018-11-13T20:30:17Z")
1. MLB 2. NBA 3. NFL (I’ve lost interest over the last few years.) . . . 5,393,298. NHL ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/31 "2018-11-13T20:41:46Z")
MLB There are no other sports than baseball. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/32 "2018-11-13T20:53:58Z")
NFL, NBA, NHL…and dead last, baseball. ---
**Author:** ![Anglachel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Anglachel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anglachel)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/33 "2018-11-13T21:01:20Z")
1. NBA 2. NFL 3. MLB (really can’t believe people have it so high) 4. There’s another one? ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/34 "2018-11-13T22:04:47Z")
I think of this in these terms: Which sport would I be most likely to sit down and watch a regular season game between two teams in which I don’t have a rooting interest. So it probably comes down like this. 1 - NFL, I won’t watch a dog match-up, didn’t turn on MNF last night for instance, but if it’s a Ravens/Bengals game or something like that I’ll watch. 2 - NHL, I’ll watch parts of games during the regular season but I get glued to the playoffs. I’d go to pretty much any game if I happen to be in town for something else and there are tickets available, even for crap teams. 3 - MLB, I’ll watch the Cubs pretty much exclusively with maybe an inning or two of another game here or there. Again, I’d go to just about any game if I happen to be in town when it’s happening. 4 - NBA, haven’t actually watched a game in 20+ years. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/35 "2018-11-13T22:16:23Z")
some of these don’t exist anymore 1 ECW I love me some no rules garbage style wrestling 2 wccw/uswa southern wrestling was goofy but fun 3 wwf/e I was a kid in the 80s and 90s …… 4 wcw it was always on and the NWO was cool for the first month …. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/36 "2018-11-13T22:27:47Z")
1. NHL - A resounding lead 2. MLB - A nice relaxing game to have on 3. NFL - I watch one game a year 4. NBA - I don’t watch at all. Honestly, I’d probably place curling at number 3 and golf at number 4. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/37 "2018-11-14T19:05:38Z")
1. MLS because they play a real sport 2-5 NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA playing children’s games. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/38 "2018-11-14T19:11:44Z")
NHL NFL MLB and I don’t really watch or care about the NBA ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/39 "2018-11-15T22:42:28Z")
1. MLB - Baseball is the greatest sport there is, in my opinion, and it’s the only sport in which I have really strong feelings about teams that aren’t “my team” 2. NHL - I was never a hockey fan until the Sharks came into being. Now it’s the best part about the winter. 3. NBA - I’m a Kings fan, so that doesn’t really help. 4. NFL - When I was a kid, football was the undisputed king. Nowadays, I’ll check the scores to see how the Steelers are doing, but that’s about it. Super Bowl Sunday is board games and commercials, with a game on in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402/40 "2018-11-16T01:09:13Z")
MLB, I watch a lot of games throughout the year and listen to some while I’m driving. I try to go to several a year in person. NFL, I’m more likely to watch a game not involving my team than baseball but I don’t care about it quite as much. NHL, I will go to a Devils game whenever I get a chance. I probably won’t watch on TV until the playoffs. Its just so much better live. There is a fourth league? I haven’t cared about basketball since Bird and Magic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-four-leagues/824402.md?page=3)