Top Ten Greatest Sports Leagues
Has to be number one! It is watched worldwide. Most popular sports league of the most popular sport in the world. It has some of the best soccer clubs in the world. The World Game.
Greatest league in the world. It's fast, quick, end-to-end, and passionate, and the trophy is the greatest-looking trophy on earth. La Liga is a close second, and no American league in any sport can touch the Premier League for its global appeal. Only the World Cup or Champions League would be higher, but they aren't as passionate as the Premier League.
It is pretty obvious that the NFL is the best league. It has an average attendance of 67,000. The Premier League is only 38,000, La Liga is only 26,000, IPL is 30,000, and MLB is 28,000. The NFL has the highest average attendance of any sports league. Just look at the facts. The NFL is the best league.
Since American football is the best sport on the planet and these are the best players to play it, this is the best league in the world.
Best league ever! Better than any other hockey league that exists and will ever exist. Amazing talent and unmatched skill.
Players from around the world, and so much could happen in one period.
I'm an Indian living in the United States, and my favorite sport is soccer. I follow Barcelona in La Liga, but I have to say that the IPL is the most fun month of the year, especially if you live in Indian areas in the US. In school, the whole day is about IPL. Bets are being placed, fights are happening, and everyone is hyped for this 50-day span of T20!
IPL turned boring Test-Cricket into T20 hype, and that's what we Indians need. You never see Indians watch an entire Test match because we feel hype for the game of cricket and want to support an explosive game, which IPL offers. Also, #MUMBAIINDIANS
Greatest as in most positive, numerous, or outstanding? Major League Baseball has a lot of that covered. The season spans most of the year, so there are opportunities to see a variety of teams play nearly every day. Tickets are generally affordable (as opposed to some sports that have fewer games and prohibitive ticket prices).
It has extremely strong revenue ($7+ billion US/year) and attendance (~75 million/year). It features a competitive field of teams that draw strong local support and showcases what is, in my humble opinion, possibly the greatest show on earth--Baseball. It is a sport that rewards commitment, focus, intelligence, perseverance, and incredible mental fortitude. When these positive characteristics are cultivated and honed, this sport produces some of the most riveting athletic performances possible.
I love sports in general, but while my hypothetical child will learn to be familiar with soccer, wrestling, golf, tennis, running, basketball, and a myriad of other sports, baseball will be the one I most hope they fall in love with, so I may share it with them.
No league is perfect. Drugs, performance-enhancing and otherwise, could have been handled better. Player compensation has been a long and arduous road, but modern players are overall well-compensated (in the big leagues, at least). Big money contracts between ownership and TV distorting the presentation are, of course, always present.
However, MLB has done a way better job cultivating its garden on those fronts than nearly any other sporting body. They don't even have a punishment for players testing positive for weed (as opposed to other substances). If that's not a progressive step in the right direction, along with a newer emphasis on player safety, then I don't know what is.
That's all.
It's just common sense. It isn't about the best sport. It's the league. Quite simply, the NBA is excellent.
I know it's a tournament, but it is still a league of champions and great teams from each European country. There is no experience better than your team being in the Champions League. The knockout stages are extremely intense, and when your team scores and is equal or higher on aggregate, you get so excited.
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To win the AFL, you must be a great club, unlike other sports where you just need a rich owner.
Very fast-paced game. Always exciting to watch, even if the contest is one-sided.
Come on, Australian football is awesome!
The Pakistan Super League is a men's professional Twenty20 cricket league, sanctioned by the Pakistan Cricket Board, that represents the sport's highest level in Pakistan.
Super Rugby is exactly that...SUPER! There is no other sport in the world that has such skill, pace, and bone-crunching tackles. South African, New Zealand, and Australian GIANTS go at it from late summer to mid-winter. Nothing else compares.
The best in Canada, with only nine teams.