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A few weeks ago, I was listening to Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio, which is one of my favorite sports radio shows. Mike Greenberg(AKA Greeny) came up with an excellent question, which I will now pose to you. If you were treating all the sports leagues, whether it be baseball, basketball, football, or even soccer(any other sport too), as a stock, which one would you invest in? There is only one catch. You can not touch it for 10 years. I thought to myself, great question! It's certainly a tough one.

    If you look at all the sports leagues, they are all unique in their own way. The NFL, by far, is the most consistent and popular. It is the safest sport to invest your money. MLB, which has risen since the '94 strike, has started to dip slowly. It maybe best to shy away from for the time being. There are 2 other sports leagues that would be risks worth taking, NBA and MLS.

   Yes, you read correctly, Major League Soccer!!!! Why am I saying MLS? We just had the FIFA World Cup. The World Cup is very popular. Soccer is a sport on the rise. This is a sport I would invest in and just let it rise. Soccer is already a worldwide popular sport. In the United States, we have football, baseball, and basketball ahead of it. In the next 25 years, I can see soccer taking over all those 3 sports in this country. It is appealing to all age groups, both males and females. It is also a face paced sport, only 90 minutes. If there is a tie, we have penalty kicks. It keeps you on your feet.

  The NBA is also worth being investing your money. We saw that basketball at its peak from the mid 1980's with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. After Michael Jordan had his second 3-peat, it seemed that basketball went into a downward spiral for quite a few years. In 2003, everything had changed. We had a draft class the included Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwayne Wade. Lebron was hyped as the next One. He has certainly lived up to that hype.. The NBA has only increased in popularity. We have story lines like how consistently the Spurs have been or who is better Lebron or Michael Jordan?

    If you're going to invest, don't just invest your money in the sport, also invest your time. Soccer is up and coming. People need to see how popular the sport has become. As for the NBA, this years draft has been the best in years. We can have potential stars. Can you have imagined Andrew Wiggins playing along Kyrie Irving and Lebron? Lets just keep an eye on the GOOOOOAAAALLL!!!!!!!!!

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