In Frank Deford’s “Sometimes, One is Enough”, Deford analyzes the positives of having a one game championship in the NBA, the NHL, and the MLB. According to him it would bring in more revenue from television commercials. Also it would also keep the “casual fans” more interested. However, most of his arguments are based off of the Super Bowl. The argument of comparing other sports championships to the Super Bowl. The NFL is highest grossing league in all of professional sports in America. It is unfair to compare other leagues with the leagues like the NFL. Even with sports like College Basketball where they have playoffs with one game series, the casual fans do not stay interested until the end, because their brackets that they made are messed up. His statement about the MLB not able to keep the “casual fans” interested does not really matter because the MLB is the one league that cares about preserving its past time. Major League baseball has become known as America’s past time. Also another sport that has a one series championship game is the MLS. Therefore, it does not translate directly to more revenue and keeping “casual fans” interested. The “casual fans” really do not care too much about how long the series last, they only care if their team is in the championship game and that is why not too many people are interested. Americans really do care about sports, because it gives us conversation and entertainment. It has been the source of countless arguments like this one that is really just a proposition to cause some unnecessary debate.
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