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Thread #50433 Message #764827
Posted By: catspaw49
13-Aug-02 - 08:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: USA: Sports and Social Class
Subject: RE: BS: USA: Sports and Social Class
Yep...That's a pretty fair answer Nicole.
Take any sport, let's say baseball. Among it's ranks you'll find a pretty broad spectrum of followers....some casual, some voracious....but it's tough to pin down a distinct demographic, especially in terms of "class."
Soccer has a kind of middle class audience and is the team sport most played by kids in the US so you're seeing a rise in it's viewing as well. Golf is as likely to be played by ex-high school jocks as rich folks anymore and any distinction to class is slowly going down the tubes....and Tiger Woods has done wonders in getting African Americans involved. Still an "upper-middle game" but I think in a few years it will not be nearly as much that way. I was in a hot-wings sports bar eating one afternoon and although there were several ball games of various types on the numerous TV, the most watched TV's had a golf match and the crowd watching was more what you'd expect would be watching football.
I could write a long one on who goes to which races, but racing in general draws from the entire spectrum. Sorry my friend....I don't think there's a good answer to your question!!