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Which league has bigger stars? ESPN First Take Debate

NBA or NFL: Which league has bigger stars? ESPN First Take Debate

In the latest episode on ESPN’s First Take, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Domonique Foxworth debate on which league has bigger stars between the NBA and NFL. To kick it off, Foxworth commented: “I’m a football player. I wish football players were as big of celebrities as basketball players. They aren’t.”

Then, Mad Dog asked Foxworth if there was a bigger star in America than Patrick Mahomes. “Yeah, LeBron James,” replied Mad Dog. Before Foxworth could finish mentioning a scenario of LeBron and Patrick Mahomes meeting in a mall together, the host mentioned commercials. Then, Foxworth started thinking.

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Does the NBA have bigger stars than the NFL? ESPN First Take

Additionally, Foxworth said, “Commercials is a good metric. Basketball players are all over television. We saw Jimmy Butler in national t.v. ads.” Of course, Mad Dog interrupted him to say, “Give me a 25-year-old basketball player who’s as big in this country as Patrick Mahomes is. You can’t give me one.”

“I mean, just about all of them,” explained Foxworth. “I don’t know their ages.” Then he went on to mention Giannis Antetokounmpo. Soon after that, Mad Dog stated, “Giannis is not as big of a star as Mahomes. No way. Nobody’s bigger than Mahomes. He’s the starting quarterback of a big-time team, and 100 million people watched the super bowl.”

Seconds later, Fox Worth said, “But that is not the end-all-be-all. The stars are bigger in basketball. That’s the way it is, it’s a fact. Their names are more recognizable, their faces are more recognizable, they’re enormous. They’re in major cities. LeBron is in L.A. and Patrick Mahomes is in Kansas City.”

Fox Worth also reminded Mad Dog of top NBA stars throughout the 1990s. Michael Jordan won six championships and NBA Finals MVPs with the Bulls in the nineties. He revolutionized the sport of basketball. In addition to Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James attracted younger fans in the early 2000s.

Think how people feel outside of America. While Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes are famous across the 50 U.S. states, Europeans care more about soccer than they ever will about American football. But this conversation pertains to NBA vs. NFL. We all know basketball is an Olympic sport.

Though, American football is not. For that logical reason, billions of people…

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