I say this is complete BS. Basketball is boring and one-dimensional, where football and baseball are three-dimensional. If the NBA players start protesting, fans will leave them too. People watch sports to get away from “all things political”.
I agree. For me, professional sports has lost the element of - small town poor kid becomes a star - and acts grateful and humble about it.
Without that element, which you hardly ever see that anymore, it’s s bunch of ungrateful spoiled brat millionaire kids running around on a field and I have no time for it.
I stopped watching most sports years ago for that reason. Basketball is the worst IMHO.