Posted on 10/12/2020 1:26:50 PM PDT by conservative98
Monday, Mark Cuban appeared on the Megyn Kelly Show. The NBA owner spun the NBA’s tank-job as hard as he could, discussing the league’s ratings collapse, Black Lives Matter, and the NBA’s relationship with China.
As Outkick has written, the 2020 NBA Finals are an historic disaster — with games down as much as 58% year-over-year. Kelly accurately blames the league’s decision to go political for the millions of Americans turning away.
“You wear a pink ribbon to support breast cancer is one thing. Putting BLM in the middle of the court when it’s not supported by virtually any Republican in the country [is another],” she started.
Cuban then oddly asked Kelly “which BLM group” she was referring to.
“It’s a group founded by Marxists, who want to dismantle the nuclear family and defund the police,” Kelly responded.
Cuban claimed that BLM.com and the movement were not the same: “You never, ever heard [the NBA] talk about Marxism.”
Kelly got him again: “To pretend BLM — dot com, or otherwise — is not about defunding the police is dishonest. The basketball players have made clear, they support that.”
Cuban didn’t deny that certain players want to dismantle the police. “Individual players can have their opinions,” he says. The NBA “is interested in police reform. We’ve never talked about defunding the police.”
Though Cuban is correct the NBA, as a unit, has never stated they are for defunding police, the league has fully embraced BLM. The group, as Kelly notes, “devotes” itself to defunding law enforcement agencies across the country.
Cuban tried to argue that there was no one speaking for BLM, but that isn’t true either.
“The co-founder of BLM, Patrisse Cullors, was on TV saying, ‘We should abolish law enforcement,'” Kelly noted.
For some reason, Cuban claimed that networks were simply re-airing Cullors’ quotes.
“Your audience is fleeing,” Kelly said on the topic of viewership decline. “They object to the politicization of the league… [The NBA] has suffered.”
Kelly broke down the Finals’ turnout:
“Lowest Finals opener ever. Game 2, another new low. Game 3, down an unprecedented 58% from last year.
“This is during a marquee matchup with the Lakers and Heat. Last year, they had some team in Canada. That matchup is crushing what we are seeing now.”
Kelly summed up the series: “This is an unprecedented viewership collapse.”
Here is where the discussion got good. Cuban used the same excuses the sports media has used for years to distract from the NBA’s tanking numbers. He blamed the media outlets that Kelly chose to cite: “The sources might not be reflective of reality.” Kelly said she read about the NBA ratings on Outkick.
“You are not looking outside NBA ratings to see what is happening in media,” Cuban fired back. He also mentioned horse racing’s decline.
As I explained last week, NBA defenders are now comparing the league to niche sports — like horse racing and hockey. But in 2016, the same media members compared the NBA with the NFL.
Which one is it? Is the NBA on its way to catching the NFL, or is it a niche sport catered to a specific audience?
“I want to hear more from Megyn. When she’s not counting her Gold Coins or Options portfolio, she can do a very good interview here and there.”
Let’s start with #neverTrump Megyn Kelly telling us who she she is voting for on Nov. 3, and why.
election.. remember 2016 hillary was a sure win.. polls and all..
i think these polls showing biden ahead are for after he loses, they don’t concede and fight it all to the SC.. and thus their anger for barrett being in by nov.
they will use the polls to try to win by december.
To Mark Cuban: Just why the Hell is the NBA “interested in police reform?” Why? Are they interested in other political issues? Capitol Gains Tax Cut? Taiwan? Corona Virus Stimulus Package? ACB to the SC? Mail-in ballots? NATO? Why or why not?
The inmates are running the asylum. They are so screwed. And should be.
Cuban, any dumber and his knuckles would be dragging! If the ratings outside are soooo good, tell the NBA commissioner to double down on all things BLM, and guilt white people on how racist they are. 13% of the population wont sustain your ratings. When La Braun takes a knee and apologizes, I’ll watch thier crap again....same for football.
Interesting.
Kelly’s attack on Trump during the 2016 elections was pretty bad. Being paired with Chris Wallace and Bret Baier (and Chris Stirewalt) made it even worse.
I’ll check out her podcast. I like Candace Owens.
Good point.
Trump triumphed.
I’m starting to like Megyn again....
Megyn Kelly could have been the sweetheart of the right. She has blown it, and won’t escape the damage she has done to her career.
Hope the same happens to the smarmy and unlikeable Chris Wallace.
Megyn Kelly could have been the sweetheart of the right. She has blown it, and won’t escape the damage she has done to her career.
Hope the same happens to the smarmy and unlikeable Chris Wallace.
Who cares??? Who gives a damn???
Get Woke, Go Broke!!
I know no one that does which is nice.
Sorry Cuban, the Marxist State Media was not standing at the entrances of NBA stadiums and blocking fans from entering .... the overpaid and arrogant Marxist players and the incompetent management did the trick all by themselves.
“Hope the same happens to the smarmy and unlikeable Chris Wallace.”
Her debate performance with Chris Wallace back in 2016 should never have happened. Wallace wanted an anti-Trump debate an Kelly went along with it. She should have said no to the format. She may have been bypassed, but at least her career wouldn’t have tanked.
Megyn Kelly asked some good questions...
What I’d like to know is this:
Would Mark Cuban support a group called ‘Blond Children For Healthy American Kids’ - - if the web site showed it was a KKK front group?
Would Cuban offer the same lame rationalizations? Would he be shocked if millions of viewers objected to supporting a hate group? Well Mark, BLM is a hate group...worse..it’s a commie thug front group.
I suspect Chris Wallace egged her on to trash Trump in the early debates four years ago.... and that bad choice opened her life to other bad choices. As far as Mark Cuban is concerned: his inability to understand Americans beyond black players and black poverty pimps (self-appointed black 'leaders') means he'll never be President. Thugs on the left have that territory covered, and covered, and covered...
Kelly's "war with Trump" was one-sided in that she used her position as a debate moderator to wage it, sucking the oxygen out of the air and forcing Trump to respond to her instead of his rival candidates. She should have respected the moderator's chair and saved the attack questions for her interview shows.
-PJ
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