Reasons Why Football is Better Than Baseball

5. Importance of Schedule

In the other list we saw the length of schedule as being an advantage for baseball.  There are two sides to everything, and baseball has the expense of games coming at lesser importance – there are a number of World Series champions who have had seven-game losing streaks, for instance.

Every game matters in the NFL.  One loss can make or break a season, which adds to the excitement in football.

4. Football at the High School/College Level

From our previous list we observed how baseball is a better sport for children – to bring them to games and

in regard to Little League.  However, at the high school and college level there is no discussion.

In high school Friday night football games are the place to be.  High school football is much more important – a dynamic seen in college as well.  College baseball is easily overpowered by college football (and basketball).

3. Breadth of Strategy

“More” strategy in football is probably not fair, to be precise.  However in football, objectively speaking, there is a much wider range of strategy and strategic elements.

In football there are plays and a wide range of offensive and defensive formations/styles (think formations/packages, run/pass dominated offenses and West Coast, etc.).  Two-minute and time of possession, as spoken of earlier, adds to the breadth of strategy in football.

Football provides a wide assortment of schemes, plays, and styles that make defensive shifts, small ball, and other strategic elements in baseball seem lesser in variety.  Think about it.

2. Action

It may not be a complicated reason, but many people prefer football simply for action.  Indeed football is a tough, masculine, hard-hitting sport.

The action in football, while likely attracting a slightly different “kind” of sports fan, is superior to baseball in regards to action.  Obviously baseball is not a contact sport, which is a big reason for number one spot in this countdown.

1. America’s #1 Sport

Numbers, including attendance and revenue – but clearly seen in terms of television viewers – do not lie.  Football is America’s number one sport, overtaking baseball: America’s pastime.

In the United States football has boomed over the last several years/decades, manifesting on television, in high school and college, and seen as the NFL overcomes the MLB/NBA in popularity.

This final reason is an interesting counter to baseball (America’s pastime), creating a tight race for which sport is truly better.  Of course, context and subjectivity will label the best sport between football and baseball.