Finals TV ratings discussion

[Cactus Jack]

Once a couple of generations die off, basketball will become America's #1 sport.

quit easily, and thankfully baseball will fade into oblivion where it belongs

No it won't. Baseball is huge internationally too.

I'm not a Baseball guy. But, this narrative of Basketball/the NBA overtaking Football in America & eventually killing off the sport of Baseball entirely, is pretty outrageous.

I mean all you have to do is compare a standard NFL game vs. NBA in television ratings, and you'll have your answer.

[Bullflip]

Football is ingrained in American culture. It will forever be the top sport in America

[oaktownwarriors87]

The long anticipated award for best sandwich I have eaten in that past 7 days goes to... nevermind, we should really only report on sandwiches great enough to get into the year categories, or at least best in a month.

I want to hear more about this sandwich

[oaktownwarriors87]

Football is ingrained in American culture. It will forever be the top sport in America

That's what baseball days

[Luigi]

The long anticipated award for best sandwich I have eaten in that past 7 days goes to... nevermind, we should really only report on sandwiches great enough to get into the year categories, or at least best in a month.

I want to hear more about this sandwich

It was even better than the sandwich I ate the day before, and the day before that. But not as good as three days ago. I think it was the chunky peanut butter that made the difference. Day to day changes in sandwich ratings are extremely important.

In other news, this is the highest incidence of Persian food I have eaten since at least a few days ago, when I at a lot of Persian food.

[clyde21]

Football is ingrained in American culture. It will forever be the top sport in America

that's what they said about baseball before football became king

[Rainwater]

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/254210/2019-NBA-Finals-Ratings-Up-From-2017-2018

*sigh*

A 6-game NBA Finals will always outdraw a 4-game sweep or a 5-game series (which is what we got in 2018 & 2017). The extra games is the only reason it averaged an overall higher series rating.

FYI:

https://awfulannouncing.com/ratings/nba-finals-game-6-posts-a-13-2-overnight-rating-down-from-game-5-and-middle-of-the-pack-relative-to-previous-game-6-ratings.html

Thursday’s Raptors-Warriors NBA Finals Game 6 earned a 13.2 overnight rating on ABC, down 6% from 2016 (14.1) and down 17% from 2015 (15.9), both of which were Warriors-Cavaliers matchups. There were no comparable games last year or in 2017.

The 13.2 is the lowest for a Game 6 in the NBA Finals since Celtics-Lakers in 2010 (12.3), but overall ranks a middle-of-the-road fifth out of the last ten (dating back to 2000). It trails the two Warriors-Cavaliers games, Spurs-Heat in 2013 (14.7) and Mavericks-Heat in 2011 (15.0).

This. Some people don’t like facts. The finals were ok from ratings perspective but nothing spectacular. For abc the Canadian ratings do not matter, and since espn and tnt are paying 3bn they are more important than the Canadian network.

I think people are more concerned with the popularity of the NBA than who is paying what

[RCM88x]

Football is ingrained in American culture. It will forever be the top sport in America

that's what they said about baseball before football became king

If something were to surpass football, it probably won't be Basketball or Soccer or anything that's already big.

[tradejosehesux]

I wonder what Jay Williams is saying now....
He said the fans want SuperTeams and that they don't want to see teams with only one superstar

He’s one of the worst nba analysts out there

[clyde21]

Football is ingrained in American culture. It will forever be the top sport in America

that's what they said about baseball before football became king

If something were to surpass football, it probably won't be Basketball or Soccer or anything that's already big.

football is losing what made football special, weenies are ruining it. i used to be a huge football guy but I just can't get myself to watch it anymore tbh.

[RCM88x]

that's what they said about baseball before football became king

If something were to surpass football, it probably won't be Basketball or Soccer or anything that's already big.

football is losing what made football special, weenies are ruining it. i used to be a huge football guy but I just can't get myself to watch it anymore tbh.

It happens

[Showdown]

Do you have ratings for foreign countries ?

[tradejosehesux]

Didn’t NFL ratings take a huge dive this season cause of Kap

[Cactus Jack]

that's what they said about baseball before football became king

If something were to surpass football, it probably won't be Basketball or Soccer or anything that's already big.

football is losing what made football special, weenies are ruining it. i used to be a huge football guy but I just can't get myself to watch it anymore tbh.

I guess supporting a team like the Niners will do that to a guy.

[Cactus Jack]

Didn’t NFL ratings take a huge dive this season cause of Kap

No. That was greatly exaggerated ('16/'17). The NFL still significantly outperformed every other league. Like it has for many years.

[clyde21]

If something were to surpass football, it probably won't be Basketball or Soccer or anything that's already big.

football is losing what made football special, weenies are ruining it. i used to be a huge football guy but I just can't get myself to watch it anymore tbh.

I guess supporting a team like the Niners will do that to a guy.

those would be fightin' words had u said them about 5 years ago

[Ben Simmons]

I wonder what Jay Williams is saying now....
He said the fans want SuperTeams and that they don't want to see teams with only one superstar

He’s one of the worst nba analysts out there

And not a good voice either