07-22-2021, 06:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-22-2021, 06:07 AM by khaled1987.)
(07-22-2021, 04:45 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: It's not the NBA, it's the nature of basketball and the changing times.. It's too long, too many games, and it's going the way of baseball. Younger viewers don't watch games - they watch highlights. Even the people here approach everyone not Mavs-related that way.
Even in football/soccer which the most popular sport worldwide they are discussing making it shorter because of that. Sports are no more competing with each others, they are competing with Netflix, youtube, online gaming etc and then other sports.
A.Silver is a progressive commissioner but he has yet to show he can understand that.
(07-22-2021, 01:01 AM)Branduil Wrote: I understand why it would upset the people who own the TV rights but come on, who watches sports on TV these days. It's meaningless to compare without adding streaming numbers(both official and of the high seas variety).
2019 playoff had a drop in all means of broadcasting including illegal streaming. Wasn't able to see stats for next years but there is no reason to think that trend didn't continue