Ratings Crash for NBA, MLB After Protest-Filled Debuts

[PatsFan1283]

Pretty much impossible to compare NBA or MLB to previous years as so many variables are different.

NFL will be easier, but if they try to get as woke as NBA then yeah they will take a hit. They just require way too broad based of a fan base for their biz to continue at the levels it is. I doubt NBA takes much hit over this, their fan base is more urban/younger and they don't require 15M people to watch their games to sell advertising. As long as they do what they keep doing, virtue signal but have a pretty good understanding of where the line is then I doubt it impacts them too much.

I'd rather get waterboarded than watch baseball so if less people are watching that, I'd have a hard time thinking it is because politics but rather they're just using more common sense. That's just me tho...

 

[KennyB]

Those that want to watch will watch. Those that are alienated by their actions of supporting faux racism and the Marxist BLM like myself not only have stopped watching, but I even stopped gambling on it. Right now I am gambling on NHL and occasionally horse racing.

 

[REDEYE]

Those that want to watch will watch. Those that are alienated by their actions of supporting faux racism and the Marxist BLM like myself not only have stopped watching, but I even stopped gambling on it. Right now I am gambling on NHL and occasionally horse racing.

The NBA doesn't exist as far as I'm concerned.

 

[StevieRay]

Lol. Richie Rich believe the one that fits his agenda.

Posts real world fiction from a left broad

dumbed down beyond belief

 

[StevieRay]

Viewership was already declining before the chyna flu stoppage

 

[CHOPTALK]

Not only have NBA ratings not crashed they have doubled .

 

[Mobdeeper7239]

Not only have NBA ratings not crashed they have doubled .

@)

 

[Mobdeeper7239]

Those that want to watch will watch. Those that are alienated by their actions of supporting faux racism and the Marxist BLM like myself not only have stopped watching, but I even stopped gambling on it. Right now I am gambling on NHL and occasionally horse racing.

Looks like you’re down to just horse racing now LOLLLLLLLLLLL

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nhl.nb...r-u-s-anthem-speaking-out-against-racism/amp/

 

[Mobdeeper7239]

Or you could of course just ignore that and continue supporting, watching, and betting NHL.

 

[StevieRay]

Not only have NBA ratings not crashed they have doubled .

Because they were declining

 

[michael777]

NBA ratings are a true disaster,God Bless people for not watching the Marxists

 

[REDEYE]

Fuckn country has been transformed..we're all on board watching more NBA basketball...I'm sure that's it

 

[CaptainLee]

I wouldn't trust the ratings high or low. When fans are again permitted to fully attend, it will be known if people have decided to quit supporting professional sports leagues.

All a person can do is to do their part to defund these leagues and discuss why others also should.

My gut is that only a small percentage of Americans are willing to completely quit handing their money to sports leagues. The rest will continue being ignorant while bitching about players kneeling and BLM becoming the main logo of American sports.

 

[StevieRay]

down before it was halted , so prob up of course based on that. Playoffs should bring views up?

Viewership across ESPN, TNT and NBA TV is down 15% year-to-year overall, according to Nielsen figures. TNT's coverage is averaging 1.3 million viewers through 14 telecasts, down 21% versus last year's comparable coverage, while on ESPN the picture isn't much prettier


[h=1]NBA TV ratings plummet by double digits as interest wanes[/h]The league has suffered ratings declines for several years running
Twenty-two teams have resumed the season in Orlando, but even that only resulted in a slight increase in viewership over the weekend, industry insiders told SI on Monday
No matter how you spin it, the league is all but ensured a ratings drop for the second year in a row.
In reality, the insider said, "The league has growing concern. This goes beyond TV ratings. The league does remain a popular brand overseas. But it has hit hard times among sports fans here (in the United States).

[h=1]Why NBA Ratings Have Air-Balled So Far This Year[/h]

 

[cybersharp]

Just do what I did: GET ON YOUR LOCAL TEAM'S WEBSITE & BITCH 'EM OUT FOR
THIS POLITICAL NONSENSE THEY'RE PUSHING!

Do so politely but firmly: no profanity or over-the-top insults. Just let 'em know
you DO NOT support BLM and/or any other ultra-liberal claptrap. Be SURE to tell
'em that you will NOT attend any future games if the attempted "indoctrinization"
continues!

Then, finally....back up your words with actions! Do NOT attend a single NBA/NFL/MLB
game played by your local team for at least one calendar year!

If each of these clueless, gutless GMs that allow this sh*t have to explain WHY attendance
is down -- say, 20% -- to ownership in one year, all this crap would STOP.

The owners need to be reminded exactly WHO BUYS THE TICKETS. They've forgotten.

Make it clear you ain't buying the souvenirs either....face)(*^%

 

[Knightrofins]

In fairness, in the 18-49 demographic, NBA performed much better than PGA and NASCAR, with 10 games having more viewers in that demo than Sunday’s PGA and NASCAR events.

Per the Wall Street Journal: “Regional sports networks saw a 31% increase in viewership over the MLB opening weekend compared with the previous season, according to Nielsen. Through July 29, ratings across 25 markets were up 18%.”

 

[PatsFan1283]

I wouldn't trust the ratings high or low. When fans are again permitted to fully attend, it will be known if people have decided to quit supporting professional sports leagues.

All a person can do is to do their part to defund these leagues and discuss why others also should.

My gut is that only a small percentage of Americans are willing to completely quit handing their money to sports leagues. The rest will continue being ignorant while bitching about players kneeling and BLM becoming the main logo of American sports.

Agree for the most part.

Only thing I'd say is if NFL really goes far down the rabbit hole it could hurt their bottom line a lot. Like I said in a previous post above, they rely on far more single game viewership and fan engagement than the other leagues. On a board like this, most of us have a lot of friends that watch NBA/MLB but as a % of the overall public it really isn't that much.

Also, while it doesn't seem like the people that run these leagues are that bright sometimes, they ain't exactly idiots. They pretty much just virtue signal with all the cool buzzwords like "education reform", "vote", "freedom", etc etc but they seem to mostly be savvy enough to know where the line is. You aren't turning on a game and the announcer is saying America is a racist country built for white people and we need to dismantle this system, it doesn't get very militant from what I've observed.

 

[StevieRay]

Both Game 1 and Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the L.A. Lakers and the Miami Heat have suffered the worst ratings crash in the league’s entire TV broadcast history

 

[soli]

I'm betting and I'm watching.popcorn-eatinggif

 

[PatsFan1283]

Agree for the most part.

Only thing I'd say is if NFL really goes far down the rabbit hole it could hurt their bottom line a lot. Like I said in a previous post above, they rely on far more single game viewership and fan engagement than the other leagues. On a board like this, most of us have a lot of friends that watch NBA/MLB but as a % of the overall public it really isn't that much.

Also, while it doesn't seem like the people that run these leagues are that bright sometimes, they ain't exactly idiots. They pretty much just virtue signal with all the cool buzzwords like "education reform", "vote", "freedom", etc etc but they seem to mostly be savvy enough to know where the line is. You aren't turning on a game and the announcer is saying America is a racist country built for white people and we need to dismantle this system, it doesn't get very militant from what I've observed.

This basically ended up coming true I think. Even the NBA doesn't get very militant anymore, I'm still a big fan and watch every game so I see this stuff. For the past few 3-4 weeks they basically changed tone from "police brutality" "BLM", etc etc to vote. That's the big thing now is just telling people to vote.

Yeah, obviously it is a subliminal message but it comes off as fairly apolitical and technically shouldn't piss anyone off.

NFL does the same thing, a lot of commercials to VOTE during the game.