Seven years. So really the ratings have started to decline before the NBA decided to legalize gambling. But it's even worse today.
“So really the ratings have started to decline before the NBA decided to legalize gambling.”
The ratings decline because of the marketing and changes to the game that have taken it from an intricate sport of ball handling, shooting, and strategy to a back alley fist fight not even limited to the sidelines on the court. Sex and violence sells so they go with the money. And when it went pro it started out like a game and went to a business. And everything that sold for the game became one upmanship over team concept and who could put butts in the seats and ultimately get the TV contracts. Also applies to women’s leagues. Until they could find someone to dunk, it turned into a cat fight even to the point of eating their pocketbook in the feist. At the time of a news article from ESPN there had been 43 misconduct techs in the WNBA. 17 were perpetuated by attacks against one player who happened to increase the revenue immensely and was filling those seats everywhere she went, Caitlin Clark. That’s almost half the intentional fouls in the league being done against one player. And people were miffed that she didn’t go to the olympics? The owners didn’t want their golden goose hurt.
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