re: Why does football get so much more attention nationally than basketball?

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Since your favorite football team only plays once a week and only 12-18 times a year the games are a bigger deal and mean more

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This.

Also, people LIKE violence. Always have. Always will. Football is much more violent and that’s why people love it. There’s a reason why a tomahawk dunk gets the crowd to jump out of their seats and yell while a jumper from the elbow gets a golf clap and it’s not the end result.