It is for sure a factor. The bubble stuff did turn plenty of people off. It’s a lot of things though, but that’s a factor. It hasn’t really impacted things locally though. Jazz local ratings are the 2nd highest in the league and the highest they’ve ever been. Nationally it did hurt the league, they’ve turned the social justice stuff down quite a bit since the bubble, it’ll be interesting to see how long that lasts with those who actually don’t watch it because of that.
LOL. Mil opened w/ ~ 40% implied odds of winning the series.
With how tv and live sports are changing I’m not sure viewership is like the most important measure of the popularity of a sport. I’m not even sure how accurately they can track all the data
I mean if that’s true, that’s the NBA’s fault, the NFL doesn’t have a market problem with ratings. Neither should the NBA. It’s about how you market the product you sale.
A fair point, and yes overall TV watching is down, but you still see the NFL doing fine as far as ratings where the NBA continues to slip quite a bit. There is a lot of different factors going into it though.
Or basketball just isn't America's sport and doesnt fit their lifestyle. Football is basically designed for America. It's overly violent and macho, and it's played mostly on the day Americans don't work.
It's all important, but yeah, social media engagement might be the most important.
