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DuffMan

DuffMan

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In case some of you couldnt figure it out on your own. the World Series posted its lowest TV ratings ever.

USA TODAY

Compare that to the NBA Finals which averaged over 10 the last 2 years. the discrepancy is even larger of you look at viewers 25-54 which is the sweet spot for most marketers. Baseball is dying folks, and the NBA has replaced it as the second most popular team sport.
 
MLB is becoming more of a watch it in person sport and TV is taking a backseat. I think over the last few years attendance has been trending upward and TV eyes are trending downward.
 
The only time the NBA was EVER entertaining to me is when Ron Artest went off the wall and started fighting with the fans. And that was a long time ago when Artest was with Indiana.
 
NBA is awesome! People who rip on the NBA haven't watched a game. It's like saying a movie sucks without seeing the movie
 
MLB also has the problem of competing with NFL and College football during the playoffs. NBA has to compete with early season baseball.

There are a ton of other problems as well. Colin Cowherd does a good job of explaining it actually. The death of print media has a lot to do with it, since Baseball and newspapers are intertwined. Over saturation is another problem; 162 games is too much when games can now be watched every day unlike once a week in the past. There are fewer and fewer American-born stars on marquee teams for fans to rally around and connect with, particularly black Americans. Unlike football and baseball, fans cannot easily watch young players develop as young players and let those players establish a fanbase.
 
GhostofBTT said:
MLB also has the problem of competing with NFL and College football during the playoffs. NBA has to compete with early season baseball.

There are a ton of other problems as well. Colin Cowherd does a good job of explaining it actually. The death of print media has a lot to do with it, since Baseball and newspapers are intertwined. Over saturation is another problem; 162 games is too much when games can now be watched every day unlike once a week in the past. There are fewer and fewer American-born stars on marquee teams for fans to rally around and connect with, particularly black Americans. Unlike football and baseball, fans cannot easily watch young players develop as young players and let those players establish a fanbase.
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Pfff...ya if you want to go all Socio-neo-geo-urban-political on the subject :p. Baseball is just teh ghey. Golfers move more in a round of golf than a baseball player moves in a series of baseball.

And also, the series set up is boring. No one wants to watch the same teams play 10 meaningless times in a row in the regular season.
 
Baseball’s problem is that it’s regional. With so many games, people only care about the teams they follow. By May/June you pretty much know who is going to be in the playoffs and then you have another 120 games to play.

If the Royals were in the playoffs I’d be glued to the TV. They’re not so I don’t care. I think a lot of baseball fans are the same way.

I don't think the "foreign born/unrelatable" players thing holds any water. The NBA is composed of foreign guys and young urban black men. Very little relatable about that to the average fan.
 
clicheusername3 said:
Pfff...ya if you want to go all Socio-neo-geo-urban-political on the subject :p. Baseball is just teh ghey. Golfers move more in a round of golf than a baseball player moves in a series of baseball.

And also, the series set up is boring. No one wants to watch the same teams play 10 meaningless times in a row in the regular season.
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Golfers might move more than a basketball player when you get down to it.

No one wants to watch the same meaningless 3 quarters in the NBA, either.
 
Well, I guess a Giants/Tigers WS wasn't bound to draw as much viewership as something like Dodgers/Yankees, but yeah - MLB has been passed by sports like the NFL and NBA. No longer America's Pastime is it?

Part of the problem for me is that there are SO many freaking baseball games. Granted, the regular season has been 162 games for over a half century, but the playoffs have gotten longer as well. I don't really want to watch all that, particular for a sport that isn't exactly action-packed..
 
Judging by attendance and profits baseball doesn't have a problem. NBA franchises are the ones losing money, not MLB teams.
 
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