Lets be serious here dude, I could type out the most convincing 5 page reply and it not change one single mind and do you know why? Because it's a matter of preference, people like different sports for different reasons, there's no such thing as "the greatest sport"...there's your FAVORITE sport. Things can be debated, like which is more exciting and whatnot, better atheletes etc...but as for the GOAT of all sports? That can't be determined. Even with that said, it's a bit ridiculous to throw a modern sport which was ripped off of another, that's just really popular in one area, to the top of some list. I'm as big of a football fan as the next guy, the Cowboys were the first team I ever started watching, but there's still no such thing. And you said it, most popular doesn't equal greatest, football is the most popular in this country but it doesn't mean it's the greatest here and not close to greatest in the world if there was such a thing.