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#2 Major League Baseball (MLB, Baseball)
The MLB is a professional baseball league that is the oldest of all of the major professional sports leagues in North America. Presently, the MLB is composed of 30 teams; 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada.
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A total of 162 games are played in each season and five teams in each league advance to a four-round postseason tournament that culminates in the World Series, a best-of-seven championship series between the two league champions.
The MLB is king when it comes to season attendance as no other sports league in the world has a higher season attendance figure.
MLB generated € 7.68bn in 2017.
#1 National Football League (NFL, American football)
We are at the top of the mountain and the NFL is right here. Consisting of the American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC), the NFL is a professional American football league made up of 32 teams. These teams are equally divided between the AFC and NFC. The NFL is one of North America’s four major professional sports leagues and is the premier American football league in the world.
The league runs for 17 weeks and it culminates in the Super Bowl which is normally played out in February’s first Sunday. The Super Bowl normally pits the NFC champions against the AFC champions. Of all the professional sports leagues in the world, the NFL has the highest average attendance. As America’s most popular sports league it’s no wonder the Super Bowl is regarded as one of the world’s biggest club sporting events.
The NFL is also the world’s biggest professional sports league based on revenue generated in a season. The NFL generated a staggering €10.7bn in 2016.
