Name the 2 Most Popular Outdoor Sports
I was reading an article the other day talking about television networks and their advertising revenues when I came across this interesting fact. The article was giving data about the two most popular outdoor sports in the USA.
No it is not what you are thinking. Not baseball or football. Stats about how many people attend events and how many are directly involved are part of how they measure this popularity. This is ONLY for sports that happen entirely outdoors.
Birdwatching is one of the 2 most popular outdoor activities or sports. No Joke. Birdwatching or birding. Birdwatching as a sport is a little like bass fishing tournaments, humans and nature, not teams against teams. Birding is similar to fishing as a sport because there are bird spotting and bird identification competitions.
You would be amazed at how many people are birding these days and it is a low-cost hobby or sport to participate in. One last thing I want to mention about the expenses involved in this sport is that many birders invest in a quality pair of bird binoculars to get the most out of their birdwatching trips. If you are going to do serious fishing, you will spend about the same amount.
Honest, the second most popular sport is NASCAR Racing.No wonder NASCAR is listed as one of the top two outdoor sports activities. looking at the stats I can see how they got to that conclusion. What makes this such an incredibly popular sport is that there are hundreds of thousands of fans who go long distances to attend NASCAR events. Almost every weekend there is something related to NASCAR going on all around the country.
What makes NASCAR racing such an incredibly popular spectator sport? There are hundreds of thousands of fans attending NASCAR events. And NASCAR has a lot of racing events all around the country. Just think how many people would have to fill your baseball stadium to equal the number of people at a Nascar event. It is the stats folks. The statistics about the numbers of people. That is how they came up with birdwatching and NASCAR as the top two outdoor sports. You really could have fooled me!
It was a little reassuring that when I told other people about what I read in the paper, they were surprised to learn the two most popular outdoor sports in America are birdwatching and NASCAR racing.
NASCAR racing is one of Daniel’s interests so you can see some interesting articles and pick up schedules and news at his site. You just might be surprised to discover other interesting facts there too. Like Birdwatching?