Posted on 08/12/2020 12:52:46 PM PDT by Stravinsky
NBA ratings continue to be inexplicably low this month, with all of the Twitter chatter surrounding the league’s return not translating into an actual increase in viewers.
When the NBA resumed its season at the end of July, many observers assumed it would be a ratings boon for all involved. Networks were starved for sports programming as a result of COVID-19, and basketball’s glut of big name stars should have converted into a ton of viewership.
Only it didn’t.
In the first week of action, the NBA’s ratings immediately sputtered. Rather than spiking due to an increase in hype and intrigue around the return of basketball, the numbers dipped to 14 percent below pre-COVID averages.
Last week, the games that took place from Thursday to Sunday drew smaller ratings than the same period the prior week.
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JB has made me nervous in that way all along. Stevens’s forceful BLM platitudes make me want to puke. I’ll take a peek at the box scores, but that’s about all for now.
[NBA Ratings Continue To Be Inexplicably Low]
There’s no “inexplicably” about it. People are tired of having political agendas forced on them everywhere.
Hope the NFL goes the same way.
And Hollywood.
[NBA Ratings Continue To Be Inexplicably Low]
There’s no “inexplicably” about it. People are tired of having political agendas forced on them everywhere.
Hope the NFL goes the same way.
And Hollywood.
Yeah, I know, those from India are considered "Asian". But having lived in the hornet's nest of Silicon Valley for over 30 years, they are not the same.
You got it. That is why I am not watching it.
Why is it down only 14%? That should be the question.
You don’t suppose that the reason the ratings are so low might be that those highly-paid fools that play have shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that they don’t care about their fan base and disrespect country they play in?
Naaaah. Couldn’t be.
Dude, how clueless can you be???
Inexplicable?!” Shoving BLM bs in our faces in every shot and every other word?! FU NBA
Boy, did I need that headline.
My brother used to be married to the TV during basketball and football games.
Now he says he wouldn’t watch if you put a gun to his head.
Is this article for real? Are they really confused?
I have often wondered about what people see in it too. The games seem to all be decided in the last couple minutes. Why watch all the rest? Bow that the first two minutes really sucks, there is even less reason to watch any of it.
Missing an epic run by Damian Lillard who IMHO one of the best rappers going right now. https://youtu.be/P151S4f_-ss
Lots of things are inexplicable if you have blinders on.
When you call your core audience a pack of racists and shove your politics down their throats, they will vote with their remotes. I was prepared to give them a chance, but once I saw the BLM decals and the players kneeling, I was done. I’m fair, I’ll give them a chance when they get rid of the messaging, but for now, I’m done. No watching, I don’t care about the stats, no betting, etc.
“NBA Ratings Continue To Be Inexplicably Low”
Now that author has no brain.
What’s inexplicable is that so many are still watching this trash. Turn it off.
i’d watch em play on their knees!
I kind of like the cardboard audience behind the plate in baseball.lol I think the NBA has gone overboard with the BLM garbage rubbing it in the viewers face with BLM on court and uniform crap and the kneeling to a point. The more blacks in the sport, the more this crap goes overboard.
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