Yup - it's been a wild 12 hours or so!
Ratings are not down
https://theathletic.com/2646647/2021/06/11/nba-tv-ratings-analysis-diehards-are-back-casuals-are-not-is-the-league-eager-for-expansion/Bypass: https://archive.is/sVEHm
Based on the politics on this forum, is it a surprise that people tuned the NBA out?Probably the same reason ratings are down.
I'm sorry, but if you stop following a sport because of 'politics' that have zero impact on the actual games, that's pretty pathetic.
Look at the ratings now versus pre-Trump. You don't think politics had to do with that?
No I do not. Now maybe this thread will be revived since you are bringing politics in. It has to do with people consuming games differently. They only care about highlights and stats for fantasy teams/ gambling
So until 2016 they wanted to watch full games and now it switched to highlights only? Why?
Its the new generation I guess.... (also all the load management) Listen Im no ratings expert but I dont understand how you think Trump has a huge affect on NBA ratings... His fans were most likely not watching NBA to begin with and those who were (like me) would continue, I dont see why he would stop them from doing something they enjoy
Half the audience of 5 years ago and it's because of a new generation that magically popped up in half a decade?Not buying that, but open to other theories.
A new Harris Poll backs Trump’s critique of the NBA, with 39% of sports fans saying they are watching fewer games. And the chief reason why? Politics. The longtime polling agency surveyed nearly 2,000 people over the weekend and gave those who identified as sports fans—two-thirds of the total—ten options to choose from on why they are watching less basketball.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2020/09/02/poll-38-of-sports-fans-say-nba-is-too-political-for-reason-why-they-are-watching-less/?sh=2e05cade7aac
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1405205626180059143Wowww
What about NFL? They are not political? MLB ? To say this is an NBA problem is nuts
Do a poll of 2,000 people and you can find out.Or say you don't believe the poll.But asking if it applies to other sports doesn't disprove any data...
Also I’m sure there’s a lot of confirmation bias in the results. The trends precede the social justice messaging and trumps criticism of the sport. But ppl may respond that their disinterest is a result of the politics because they read it in trumps tweets.