Summary
"Take me out to the ballgame," the old song goes. Americans, however, may have been too busy channel surfing to do that this year.
Television, it turns out, was where Americans turned to satisfy their craving for sports in the recession-plagued year of 2009.See the full content of this document
Extract
Recession Sacks Pro Sports Hard
With fewer dollars to spend, many fans resorted to the "cave model," hunkering down at home to watch the game instead of heading to the ballpark to see it live.
Buoyed by the Yankees in the World Series, baseball's TV ratings were up. The NFL is still the NFL - no slowing down America's favorite televised sport. College football ratings...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
