Sports and social media have displaced sports talk radio in a big way and the reason is pretty simple. The sport talk never stops. Using social media, people can always take place in the conversation about any sport, anywhere in the world and at anytime. It’s also not limited to the caller themselves being one on one with the dj. The social media listener can actually participate in many conversations at one time. Athletes and coaches are also not limited to the one on one interviews; but have a direct megaphone to their fans and critics who can tweet or facebook them back whenever they want.

Which of course leads us to some statistics, how passionate are sports fans on social media? According to GMR, they are quite passionate. They have no problem following their favorite sports teams and topics wherever they may be including at the actual game.

Sports and Social Media Infographic

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