Sports Talk With Steve Tannen

Was listening to Justin on the way home at around 4:30 today(Wed) and a caller questioned The Idol on the declining interest in baseball, as opposed to say UFC. WHAT??? Baseball set an attendance record in 2007 with the Red Sox, Cubs, Tigers, Mets, Yankee, Dodgers, Brewers and Cardinals all setting single season marks for fans pushing through the turnstiles. Bud Selig(moron in charge) said they also broke the revenue record.
It's difficult to compare the two as, like boxing, the real test in that sport is pay-per-view as opposed to tickets sold. Now that we've reached to post-steroids era, it appears our national pastime is thriving.
Obviously, as the caller pointed out, demographics come into play. Many in the 35+ age range love baseball because we don't have any attention deficit disorders and can actually sit back, drink in the atmosphere and ponder strategy. Lot's of younger folks are FOX TV trained and need constant bells & whistles to keep their interest.
Here's my challenge. According to an article in Forbes Magazine, UFC was founded in 1993 and is experiencing lot's of success at the gate. See if it can sustain for another decade to avoid becoming a fad in the realm of "remember when UFC events sold out"?