NBA IN TROUBLE: Play-Off Ratings DOWN 23% Compared to 2019, Lowest Watched in 5 Years

[LongTermGuy]

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`Ratings for the NBA’s post-season play-offs are down compared to 2019, with 23% of viewers tuning-out as athletes continue to protest the National Anthem and delayed games to promote “social justice” in America.`

Ratings for broadcasts of NBA games remained shaky over the weekend, per Sports Media Watch (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/08/nba-playoff-ratings-abc-down-lakers-blazers/), continuing a season-long trend of the league struggling to attract television viewers,” reports Sports Illustrated. (https://www.si.com/nba/cavaliers/nba-amico/televison-ratings-basketball-weekend-playoffs)






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[SassyLady]

Good.

[LongTermGuy]

NBA Ratings Are In Free Fall While the Players Forget What They Do for a Living...



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It might be time to focus on something besides your pet activist causes – like the game you are paid to play…?

Notice how few people are talking about actual basketball.

The NBA has become fully entrenched in the wokeness of our times, and not too surprisingly the league is falling prey to a common reality businesses are encountering when delving into the social activist side of things.

As the players returned to play on Thursday the league entered into its playoff schedule and the games have seen a significant drop in ratings (https://www.si.com/nba/cavaliers/nba-amico/televison-ratings-basketball-weekend-playoffs).


The playoff games saw a stark loss of -20% over last season’s playoff debuts across a number of networks. More telling, it was a larger drop in the key demo of 18-49 year olds, down -28%.

This follows a trend that has been experienced since the league started its season back up last month. While team owners and many others want to attribute this to pandemic influences it also defies some of the realities coming into the playoffs.

What has to have the league executives worried is that the NBA has seen the lowest ratings in nearly a decade. The numbers are off a staggering -45% since the 2011 season.

At The Atlantic Ethan Strauss looked at the matter (https://theathletic.com/1997343/2020/08/17/strauss-why-the-nba-has-a-serious-viewership-problem-it-needs-to-fix/)and said a number of factors would have to contribute to a steep drop in support, noting the pandemic was a minimal influence. In fact, when the league restarted play everyone anticipated extremely high figures as a result of pent-up enthusiasm and a captive audience.

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[FakeNewsSux]

I was in the Milwaukee Arena for every Saturday game during the 70-71 season, the last time the Bucks won the NBA Championship. I saw Kareem, Oscar Robertson, Bobby Dandridge, Lucious Allen and Jon McGlocklin take on the likes of Jerry West, Walt Frazier, Wilt Chamberlain, Connie Hawkins, Jon Havlicek, Nate Thurmond, Dave Bing, Bob Love, Bob Lanier, Earl Monroe and on and on. Now the Bucks are on pace to contend for the title this year (the first one since '71) and I could give a shit. I have no interest in rooting for any wholly owned subsidiary of the Chinese Communist Party to win a title while fans are banned from attending and being forced to indulge the player's preening wokeness. I did get a kick out of hearing today that only 26% of all NBA players are registered to vote. Who could have known that wokeness was such a pain in the ass to keep up with?

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

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`Ratings for the NBA’s post-season play-offs are down compared to 2019, with 23% of viewers tuning-out as athletes continue to protest the National Anthem and delayed games to promote “social justice” in America.`

Ratings for broadcasts of NBA games remained shaky over the weekend, per Sports Media Watch (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/08/nba-playoff-ratings-abc-down-lakers-blazers/), continuing a season-long trend of the league struggling to attract television viewers,” reports Sports Illustrated. (https://www.si.com/nba/cavaliers/nba-amico/televison-ratings-basketball-weekend-playoffs)






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Pictured, eight idiots.
Eight jump on the bandwagon morons.
I'd spit on any of them if on my property..
Many of us see exactly what is truly going on and we see who is behind most of it..
And we mark that down-- for future reference..
First rule of war/survival--- know thy enemy...
Those unaware of the enemy are usually the first ones to die... --Tyr

[Gunny]

The NBA better get its collective head together. It isn't as secure as the NFL and MLB because guess why? The NBA relies more heavily on black support. Facts are tough. Blacks are 13% of the population.