The following sports are listed in an order. What is it?

Question

Soccer

Hockey

American Football

Baseball

Bowling

Golf

Answer 1

Random is an order.  "Random Order" thats my guess.

Answer 2

number of people that pay attention to it from least to great?

Answer 3

Total worldwide revenue associated with the sport;  soccer most, golf least

Answer 4

Wow this question is nasty. I'm not convinced that it is cost, because far more people golf than bowl. There are golf courses everywhere and they pull in tons of money. Bowling is like a social event where everyone gets drunk. At least in the US it is.

It could be the number of players on the team from most to least. Its possible.

I thought of popularity but way more people golf than go bowling so that isn't it.

There is also use of legs. Soccer definately makes people use their legs the most out of any sport. Then there is hockey because people are on skates. Then football, and football is below hockey and soccer because football is stop and go. Then baseball because people are pretty idle until a ball gets hit. Then bowling because you walk your approach then golf which is where you are stationary except when going between holes which is usually done on a cart. That would be an order of strenous leg use.