Would NBA be more popular than NFL if every best player was white?

[kentatm]

Look at the NFL, it is so popular because the most important player(Quarterback) on most teams is white.

Still the majority of the big name QBs (the most visible position in the NFL) are white.

It makes a difference for sure.

majority of the top selling jersey's in the NFL are of black players.

This. The NBA would love to have another american white superstar or two like Larry Bird. There was a significant decrease in white viewers during the Iverson Era that the NBA would need to recover to match the NFL in popularity.

that was due to MJ retiring brah

[Jailblazers7]

No, NFL league format and the popularity of the sport at the amateur level is what makes it so popular.

[tmacattack33]

Yes.

The question is better formed and more clear though by asking: "is the NBA is less popular now because it is around 80% black"?

Of which the answer is Yes.

[choppermagic]

Silly theory.

The NHL is almost all white, does that make them more popular than the NBA? no. Geez, I'm pretty sure yachting is predominantly white as well...how are those tv ratings?

[edrick]

NFL will always be the most popular sport, because of the amount of opportunities that networks have to run commercials. Just the way it is. The low number of games also greatly helps. The NBA has too many damn games.

[Soundwave]

Silly theory.

The NHL is almost all white, does that make them more popular than the NBA? no. Geez, I'm pretty sure yachting is predominantly white as well...how are those tv ratings?

Hockey is a winter sport, winter sport's are generally not nearly as popular.

Football is relevant in all parts of America. If anything too, race hurts hockey as well ... it's too white. Last time I checked blacks and latinos like sports too.

Football has the right mix ... there enough white superstar players to keep white people happy, obviously enough black players too.