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Is the NBA the most political sports league in America?
Posted on 4/24/24 at 7:27 am
Posted on 4/24/24 at 7:27 am
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Virtually every sports league is seeing record ratings this year. So naturally the NBA playoffs opening weekend was down 9% from last year. League keeps tanking. I honestly think Adam Silver should make a public apology to all fans for the politics & ask them to please come back.
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Maybe I just don’t notice bc I’ve become numb to it but I don’t really see it a lot now.
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Posted on 4/24/24 at 7:34 am to SabiDojo
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Is the NBA the most political sports league in America?
No, unless you're lumping the WNBA in with it's daddy.
This is just some dog whistling by Clay Travis due to his listener base.
The Women's soccer league is also way more political than the NBA.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 7:36 am to SabiDojo
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Virtually every sports league is seeing record ratings this year. So naturally the NBA playoffs opening weekend was down 9% from last year. League keeps tanking. I honestly think Adam Silver should make a public apology to all fans for the politics & ask them to please come back.
Last year was the highest ratings for the nba playoffs in 5 years.
Ratings are down 5% in the first round this year, probably due to no Golden State.
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Through the first three nights of the playoffs, the NBA's TV partners are averaging 3.8 million viewers per game, down 5% versus the year-ago 3.99 million.
This post was edited on 4/24/24 at 7:38 am
Posted on 4/24/24 at 7:40 am to SabiDojo
Is Clay Travis the most political "keep politics out of sports" sports commentator?
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:01 am to SabiDojo
The NBA features the lowest IQ athletes. They're easier to manipulate.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:10 am to SabiDojo
Without question. From their commissioner to their propaganda apparatus in sports media and all of their public personalities it’s 100% political. When you have NBA people jumping into every corner of pop culture to create political and racial division it’s pretty obvious. From Kyrie to BYU volleyball to Gale King being attacked over Carlin Clark to the now annual racist MVP comments there’s a very clear agenda when it comes to the NBA.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:11 am to SabiDojo
If you can count on Clay Travis for anything, it's to be wrong on almost everything sports related.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:20 am to SabiDojo
I'd love for him to explain what is the NBA doing in the playoffs right now that is super-duper political.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:35 am to SabiDojo
Just smaller markets doing well in my opinion. I am a MIN fan and we were on the cusp of winning the West, which instead went to OKC. I believe name drive is crutical and the West is small market. The East, Boston, NY and MIami, though, are the opposite.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:23 am to SabiDojo
Couldn’t say.
I haven’t watched an NBA game since 2020.
I haven’t watched an NBA game since 2020.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:25 am to SabiDojo
NBA is actually mostly apolitical at times because of the power and influence of Stern and Silver.
They are the only league that requires players to be there and stand for the Anthem, and Silver has gotten them away again from any messaging, and they don't do the stupid Black National Anthem like the NFL still does
They are the only league that requires players to be there and stand for the Anthem, and Silver has gotten them away again from any messaging, and they don't do the stupid Black National Anthem like the NFL still does
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:29 am to SabiDojo
Not even close, it is MLS by a country mile.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:37 am to SabiDojo
People consider EVERYTHING “politics” these days.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:52 am to SabiDojo
The bigger problem is NBA has made their large market cities the priority and when they aren’t in it that hurts ratings.
NFL has the best player cap system and its not even close. And they rule ratings because every fan of a team knows no matter how bad their team is they can turn it around fast due to true cap limits.
NBA has lux tax and the big market teams can afford to go over cap and buy the top stars and keep their monopoly and buy rings for the most part. This turns off a lot of fans.
Throw in obvious ref cheating like LAL historical FT disparity. Fans know thats man made to keep their aging star LeBron in playoffs.
NFL has the best player cap system and its not even close. And they rule ratings because every fan of a team knows no matter how bad their team is they can turn it around fast due to true cap limits.
NBA has lux tax and the big market teams can afford to go over cap and buy the top stars and keep their monopoly and buy rings for the most part. This turns off a lot of fans.
Throw in obvious ref cheating like LAL historical FT disparity. Fans know thats man made to keep their aging star LeBron in playoffs.
This post was edited on 4/24/24 at 10:54 am
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:30 pm to SabiDojo
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Maybe I just don’t notice bc I’ve become numb to it but I don’t really see it a lot now.
Has nothing really to do with politics, but likely more to do with the superstars and their personalities. People are sick of LeBron types, and the game is not as exciting as it used to be.
It will still make money, but its not something people prioritize though.
Also, the NFL wasn't doing that great this year until the stupid Taylor Swift garbage started getting Tween and Teens who have no interest in watching football to watch to get random shots of her in the crowd.
It was quite pathetic but worked for the NFL.
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