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Report: NBA Lost 25% of TV Audience Since 2019, More than 45% Since 2011
breitbart ^ | 19 May 2021 | WARNER TODD HUSTON

Posted on 05/19/2021 4:34:02 PM PDT by MarvinStinson

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1 posted on 05/19/2021 4:34:03 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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No diversity.


2 posted on 05/19/2021 4:35:28 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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They don't care about the U.S. market.

China is where it is for the NBA. Maybe they will start selling tickets there.

3 posted on 05/19/2021 4:35:58 PM PDT by Jess Kitting
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A good start!


4 posted on 05/19/2021 4:39:51 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Don’t mask! Don’t tell! by: GranTorino!!)
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Good. I hope they lose more fans.


5 posted on 05/19/2021 4:40:06 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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A good start!


6 posted on 05/19/2021 4:40:23 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Don’t mask! Don’t tell! by: GranTorino!!)
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To: MarvinStinson

Get woke. Go Broke


7 posted on 05/19/2021 4:42:09 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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My wife has it nailed.

Start an NBA game tied 99-99 with 30 seconds to go. Then hope there are entertaining commercials between time outs and fouls for the next 45 minutes.

8 posted on 05/19/2021 4:42:46 PM PDT by pfflier
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It won’t matter to them. They will take it as a badge of honor. Plus they will be deemed too culturally important to fail and uncle Joe and the politburo will subsidize them.


9 posted on 05/19/2021 4:46:27 PM PDT by ecomcon
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Adam Silver is a smart guy, and he absolutely knows that the political stances the league has taken over the past year or two have cost it a lot of fans.

But, he thinks that not doing that would alienate the players and social media, and believes that would be an even worse hit. So, he went full SJW.

I can understand the practical predicament that he is in, but...I don't care. I've been an NBA fan since 1976, a season ticket holder, and didn't watch a single game this year. And won't watch another ever again. I am not going to help finance an organization pushing ideas that I believe are racist and evil.

10 posted on 05/19/2021 4:46:47 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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I stopped watching basketball after the NBA rigged the playoffs against the Phoenix Suns in 2007.

https://news4sanantonio.com/sports/spurs-zone/ex-nba-ref-donaghy-says-2007-spurs-suns-playoff-series-influenced-by-dislike-of-suns-owner


11 posted on 05/19/2021 4:50:17 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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You wonder what would happen if a league formed that had 12 foot high rims and actual traveling calls.


12 posted on 05/19/2021 4:52:08 PM PDT by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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The nba needs to burn the US flag at the game opening and beat a white man in pregame warmups...that should bring back the ratings...


13 posted on 05/19/2021 4:55:16 PM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: alternatives?

That would be a positive. Read my tag line.


14 posted on 05/19/2021 4:55:38 PM PDT by griswold3 (NBA/ Plumlee Ball. = poor entertainment value while insulting the audience gets you broke )
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

For a smart guy, Adam Silver seems to be a slow learner on this particular issue. Maybe he thinks his own job is being judged by the SJW cults.


15 posted on 05/19/2021 4:56:32 PM PDT by lee martell
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Breaks my heart...not


16 posted on 05/19/2021 5:03:04 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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It seems like every time the NBA is on free airwaves TV it is the LA Lakers verses some other team. I would prefer to see my home town nuggets from Denver on the free airwaves at least twice per season. The Lakers? What a turn-off.


17 posted on 05/19/2021 5:07:48 PM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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I really do enjoy basketball, but I WILL NOT watch while these a-holes are spouting off nonsense, and BS; and kneeling and all that crap.
If the NBA wants to survive and grow for the next decade or so, they better put a clamp down on their players and coaches.


18 posted on 05/19/2021 5:07:58 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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I haven’t watched an NBA game in ages so I am clueless as to whether they are kneeling during the anthem. Given the demographics of the players, I guess yes. Given the demographics of the audience not be the same demographic as the players (yes, translate that as white), I guess that might explain the 45% missing audience.


19 posted on 05/19/2021 5:10:38 PM PDT by chuckee
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That’s a start. How many to go before we reach zero?


20 posted on 05/19/2021 5:12:51 PM PDT by dsc (Paul? Paul Revere? Are you out there?)
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