NBA and MLB TV ratings are out. Hint: It's bad.

**Carseller4** · 08-02-20, 03:51 PM

Compared to 5.8 million people that watched Tom Brady and Tiger Woods play golf about a month ago.

**Unrivaled** · 08-02-20, 03:52 PM

I think they need more black lives matter content to get those ratings up.

**lakerboy** · 08-02-20, 04:00 PM

It's early and it's summer. Let's give it two weeks.

**Carseller4** · 08-02-20, 04:08 PM

Originally posted by lakerboy

It's early and it's summer. Let's give it two weeks.

Yeah, everyone out and about and not home?

That makes a lot of sense.

**jjgold** · 08-02-20, 04:15 PM

Tiger will always out draw anyone in world hard to compare him but people do not want to see fraud BLM stuff

**Booya711** · 08-02-20, 04:20 PM

I hope BLM ruins all sports....

**Eddy Munny** · 08-02-20, 04:20 PM

NBA playoffs should generate a spike.

Maybe throw in an ESPN 30 for 30 ten-part miniseries on Black Lives Matter for good measure.

**Slipknot26** · 08-02-20, 04:29 PM

Haven't seen a shot yet
Fukk'em All

**SamsNCharge99** · 08-02-20, 04:39 PM

Gamblers still watch

**SBR_Guest_Pro** · 08-02-20, 04:40 PM

wow thats bad

**Mr KLC** · 08-02-20, 04:55 PM

I used to be such a big fan of the NBA growing up. It felt like such a privilege to grow up in the 80's and watch such stars as Dr. J, Magic, Bird, Jordan, and Malone. The rivalries were real. The Celtics and Lakers respected, but despised each other. Everybody hated the Pistons, and they returned the favor. Chills would literally go down my spine when the playoffs came around and I heard the NBA CBS theme. Brent Musberger or Dick Stockton would give you the story and history of whatever series was going on while it played with many highlights showing.

When the Rockets finally won an NBA Championship in 1994, I didn't talk to my wife for 3 days. Why? Because she wanted me to come to bed with 4 minutes left in Game 7 against the Knicks. She tried to lay down the law, and when I totally ignored her demands with my focus fixated on what was about to happen in NBA annals, a pillow and blanket were semi-violently thrown at me on the couch. I didn't care. What I had waited my entire childhood to happen, a championship for one of my Houston teams, was about to finally come to fruition as I watched Olajuwon dominating Ewing unmercifully. I could say that this moment might have been the start of the demise of the love in my marriage, but that's another story for another time.

Why do I share all of this? That love is gone. I can't even push myself to watch a game now. It just looks fake. Guys are best friends after the game. You see high fives on missed free throws. Three point shots are thrown up with nobody underneath to rebound. I can say BLM has totally soured me on the game, and it has contributed to it, but it was really the final straw in a long developing problem that I really didn't realize until the pandemic. I'll study stats and make bets on the game, but my investment of time in their TV product is over. The 80's NBA was a long time ago, buried somewhere next to my patronage for the league.

- KLC

**pavyracer** · 08-02-20, 04:57 PM

No one watches sports in early August. People are being busy on the beach infecting other people right now.

**lakerboy** · 08-02-20, 04:59 PM

Originally posted by SamsNCharge99

Gamblers still watch

NBA? Why? Please explain why anyone would watch an entire NBA game.

**SamsNCharge99** · 08-02-20, 05:04 PM

Originally posted by lakerboy

NBA? Why? Please explain why anyone would watch an entire NBA game.

To watch a team up 24 almost lose

**pavyracer** · 08-02-20, 05:14 PM

Originally posted by SamsNCharge99

To watch a team up 24 almost lose

Never mind.

**SamsNCharge99** · 08-02-20, 05:15 PM

Somehow managed a push there

i mean we waited 4 months for sports and just not watch them when they come back doesnt make sense to me

**jjgold** · 08-02-20, 05:20 PM

When you incorporate ghetto this is what happens

**Brock Landers** · 08-02-20, 05:22 PM

Wrong

TV Ratings Unsurprisingly Skyrocket With Return of Sports

https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/sports/television-ratings-mlb-nba

Both MLB and NBA saw great ratings as they returned to action during pandemic

"Ratings skyrocket"

Anyone with a dumb narrative will try to sell it otherwise

**Carseller4** · 08-02-20, 05:27 PM

Originally posted by Brock Landers

Wrong

TV Ratings Unsurprisingly Skyrocket With Return of Sports

https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/sports/television-ratings-mlb-nba

Both MLB and NBA saw great ratings as they returned to action during pandemic

"Ratings skyrocket"

Anyone with a dumb narrative will try to sell it otherwise

More people will watch on day 1. The day 2 drop was dramatic once they realized how much BLM was being pushed (especially in the NBA).

**Brock Landers** · 08-02-20, 05:28 PM

Originally posted by Carseller4

More people will watch on day 1. The day 2 drop was dramatic once they realized how much BLM was being pushed (especially in the NBA).

No one gives a flying f uck with money on the game about National anthems or BLM

**Heltah Skeltah** · 08-02-20, 06:04 PM

Originally posted by Brock Landers

No one gives a flying f uck with money on the game about National anthems or BLM

Clueless as usual

**SBR Tony** · 08-02-20, 06:09 PM

Originally posted by SamsNCharge99

To watch a team up 24 almost lose

I'm not watching one second of NBA season. I will check scores because it's the same score as on TV. lol

**stake1** · 08-02-20, 06:17 PM

Originally posted by Brock Landers

No one gives a flying f uck with money on the game about National anthems or BLM

Low IQ poster

**pologq** · 08-02-20, 06:25 PM

i am watching and enjoying. i think summer is a big factor.

**CanuckG** · 08-02-20, 06:27 PM

Betting handle is up huge for fanduel and draftkings. As someone in the industry I can say I've seen way more wagers come through.

**goduke** · 08-02-20, 06:33 PM

Well yanks and nats was the highest rated baseball game since 2011 but yet you’re skewed article says they were underwhelming. Keep pushing that agenda. I wonder how many people in this forum just believe what you post without looking into it deeper? It’s sad here
You expect a Friday 4pm mlb game to draw huge numbers? Give me a break

**goduke** · 08-02-20, 06:40 PM

Originally posted by Carseller4

That's what happens when you turn sports into a BLM shitshow.

Ratings Crash for NBA, MLB After Protest-Filled Debuts

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2020/08/02/ratings-crash-nba-mlb-after-protest-filled-debut/?fbclid=IwAR3Pgd3lHXqXgmdt8-mm58YT2Em_jDH29jrNSh38jUGteDethnj0dlVtDKQ

As the NBA and MLB return from their coronavirus-imposed hiatus, it appears TV viewers are not interested in what the increasingly woke

As for the opening games, Outkick reported that the return of the NBA on TNT saw the following numbers:
Lakers-Clippers: 3.4 million
Pelicans-Jazz: 2.1 million
ESPN’s MLB return numbers were also underwhelming:
Yankees-Nationals: 4.0 million
Dodgers-Giants: 2.8 million

“To be fair since I compared MLB vs NBA return night 1, here is night 2,” (July 24) he wrote, adding:
MLB (last Friday, ESPN)
Mets-Braves (4p) – 922K
Brewers-Cubs(7p) – 1.0M
Angels-As (10p) – 797K
NBA (last night ESPN) (July 31)
Celtics-Bucks (6:30p) – 1.3M
Mavs-Rockets (9p)- 1.7M

Pelicans game was double its average viewers for a regular season telecast. Inside the nba had its highest viewership since opening night of 2018-2019 season. And then lakers crush that mark.
So they were never going to keep those numbers after day one because they were that high. Fu.ck man at least post some truths one time. Idiots on here will try to pray for anything so they can push their agenda. Retarded

**lakerboy** · 08-02-20, 06:42 PM

Originally posted by goduke

Pelicans game was double its average viewers for a regular season telecast. Inside the nba had its highest viewership since opening night of 2018-2019 season. And then lakers crush that mark.
So they were never going to keep those numbers after day one because they were that high. Fu.ck man at least post some truths one time. Idiots on here will try to pray for anything so they can push their agenda. Retarded

So the players are allowed to push their agenda but no else can?

**unde0087** · 08-02-20, 06:44 PM

Originally posted by Unrivaled

I think they need more black lives matter content to get those ratings up.

they forgot who actually has money and pays their bills. Spoiler alert it isnt the people that are out on the streets everyday without a fukin job burning buildings down and fighting law enforcement.

**Emily_Haines** · 08-02-20, 06:44 PM

I have watched 0 NBA, 0 MLB games and wore a mask 0 times.

If you wear a mask or watch sports you HATE America.

**goduke** · 08-02-20, 06:57 PM

Originally posted by lakerboy

So the players are allowed to push their agenda but no else can?

But what the OP is pushing isnt facts. At least the agenda the players are pushing have truth to it. OP says opening numbers arent good but yet when you look at it its exactly opposite of that. The numbers were great. If he wants to make a thread saying he hates BLM and he wont watch sports because of it fine, we can have another dlowilly on the forum. But dont take truths and spin them into lies.

**lakerboy** · 08-02-20, 06:59 PM

Originally posted by goduke

But what the OP is pushing isnt facts. At least the agenda the players are pushing have truth to it. OP says opening numbers arent good but yet when you look at it its exactly opposite of that. The numbers were great. If he wants to make a thread saying he hates BLM and he wont watch sports because of it fine, we can have another dlowilly on the forum. But dont take truths and spin them into lies.

Okay let's say he is wrong. What agenda are rich players pushing? 10 black guys on a court that says black lives matter. Just think about that.

**goduke** · 08-02-20, 07:01 PM

Originally posted by lakerboy

Okay let's say he is wrong. What agenda are rich players pushing? 10 black guys on a court that says black lives matter. Just think about that.

They are pushing equality. Not sure why thats bad. Yes I understand they are rich and not the ones not be treated equal. But do you think a random black guy at a moderate income level would get heard more? I doubt it.

**lakerboy** · 08-02-20, 07:04 PM

You think a random Indian guy or random Chinese or white would get heard more without help?

This is all bullshit bro. There will always be some dumbass cop killing a person of all types of backgrounds.

Most NBA players NEVER cared before Floyd. You think all of the sudden they woke up?

Please. It's all James