We missed the cut

[Gantry]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/arts/readers-favorite-sports-video-games.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U0.ff37.o7ymh480eTDm&smid=url-share

[BeefMaster]

I think some of this is the age of the folks they talked to - there is only one NES game on the list (Tecmo Super Bowl) and one Atari game, otherwise everything is Super NES or newer.

[Gantry]

A NES game is on there, you all failed. 

[TempoGL]

NBA Jam on SNES was trash.  The Genesis version was better in every way.  SNES Jam is on the list and thus the entire thing is ruined.

[BeefMaster]

Also, while NBA Jam was indeed groundbreaking, NBA Hang Time was better in every way (and even got a pretty decent SNES port, very late in the console's life).

[TempoGL]

This article smacks of them just going with the first 15 submissions they got and printing them