Posted on 12/14/2024 10:39:09 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Fox Sports analyst Colin Cowherd has claimed the NBA and the Democrat party share an issue when it comes to losing supporters.
Despite signing a 11-year, $76 billion TV deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon this summer, the NBA's ratings have taken a severe hit over the past decade with figures plummeting even further this season.
The league's ratings have taken a 48 percent drop over the last 12 years, and this year alone they are down 28 percent on ESPN, according to Front Office Sports.
Many fans and analysts have pointed to load management as a source of blame but while Cowherd agreed in part, he suggested there was an added factor behind the reasoning - and it's to do with the American people.
'The NBA ratings are down 48 percent in the last 12 years and they have fallen off a cliff this year and Adam Silver's solution is let's make the courts brighter,' he began on his FS1 show, 'The Herd.'
'I like the NBA but I think the All-Star game is now embarrassing. Load management is a shame on the league. It is a really bad look for a family of four to go to a game and the [stars] don't play.
'Go ask the Democrats. Be warned, once you detach from regular people in America, you will pay a price.'
Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign, of course, went on to suffer a landslide defeat to Donald Trump when the American people took to the polls on November 5.
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