Olbermann Breaks Down MLB's Awful TV Ratings

[ahomeplateslugger]

average NFL games are over 3 hours and have less action than MLB games.

interesting. just read that baseball has 18 minutes of action while the nfl is only 11...it feels like the nfl has more than that. well this low rating quagmire is something else now. maybe they just don't have that "cool" factor or maybe baseball really is dying brehs

 

[FreedS[ohh]lave]

explain how this "local" theory helps the league

Because most leagues make more money off local revenue the national ratings you idiot

BAseball made 4 million more revenue the nthe nba last year the fact that game 1 of the nba finals did slightly better then them means nothing in the scheme of things

 

[mastermind]

interesting. just read that baseball has 18 minutes of action while the nfl is only 11...it feels like the nfl has more than that. well this low rating quagmire is something else now. maybe they just don't have that "cool" factor or maybe baseball really is dying brehs

baseball is probably stronger than its been since the 70s.

its not about not being cool, its about the sport being completely local.

 

[ROFL_GUY]

Because most leagues make more money off local revenue the national ratings you idiot

BAseball made 4 million more revenue the nthe nba last year the fact that game 1 of the nba finals did slightly better then them means nothing in the scheme of things

you think thats because they play double as many games as the nba? maybe?

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

exactly. baseball acting like they some prestige harvard or yale that u have to act and dress a certain way..

more importantly the decline of the black athlete is really killing them.. there lack of marketing to urban areas is the reason nobody cares also.

For what it's worth, not too much has changed in baseball in the last 75 years... that "old timers ruining it for everybody" shyt is vastly over exaggerated.

it's not like there is some truly visible difference in how the game is played,and it's players from 1955, to now.

what's really killing them, is that baseball isn't really appealing to the casual fan like basketball and football are, coupled with the fact that football and basketball are the primary ( if not only) of the big 4 sports chosen to play in urban areas.

baseball numbers would be on par with the NFL and NBA, if it attracted the demographic that doesn't really follow sports, but tunes in/attends cause of the social atmosphere it has.

 

[ROFL_GUY]

this entire "local" argument do they revenue share? im ignorant when it comes to baaaaaaseball educate me on it oh mighy baseball oracles

 

[mastermind]

baseball numbers would be on par with the NFL and NBA, if it attracted the demographic that doesn't really follow sports, but tunes in/attends cause of the social atmosphere it has.

this is a good point. Baseball has lost casual fans and havent adopted to the party atmosphere of other sports.

Brehs dont really tweet about baseball. Rarely see them trending, which is weird.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

interesting. just read that baseball has 18 minutes of action while the nfl is only 11...it feels like the nfl has more than that. well this low rating quagmire is something else now. maybe they just don't have that "cool" factor or maybe baseball really is dying brehs

That's prolly because all "action" ain't exactly created equal....the ball being in play "technically" 7 minutes more than football means approximately next to jack sh!t from an entertainment standpoint given the very nature of the two games...they're counting sh!t like the time it takes a batter to casually trot to first base after being walked as "action"

 

[ROFL_GUY]

this is a good point. Baseball has lost casual fans and havent adopted to the party atmosphere of other sports.

Brehs dont really tweet about baseball. Rarely see them trending, which is weird.

maybe becuse its boooooring. attention spans are shorter than ever +

the most "exciting" play in baseball isnt even as exciting as a punt return

 

[sfgiants]

maybe becuse its boooooring. attention spans are shorter than ever +

the most "exciting" play in baseball isnt even as exciting as a punt return

that's subjective. if it weren't, how would u explain nascar's popularity. mothafukkas in ugly ass cars in a circle for like 9 hours

 

[kingofnyc]

regional vs national

like obe said
MLB commissioners didnt understand this

 

[King Poetic]

Baseball has become the boxing heavyweight division

Look at the top 5 hell even top 10 heavyweight boxers right now. white and russian

the last time the heavyweight title fight been in vegas was 2004. now wladimir and his brother title fights always in germany

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

maybe becuse its boooooring. attention spans are shorter than ever +

the most "exciting" play in baseball isnt even as exciting as a punt return

Triple's and inside the park/Walk off HR's>>>>>>>>>>>>>Punt Returns.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

regional vs national

like obe said
MLB commissioners didnt understand this

Do you really think that Bud Selig Da GAWD didn't understand that?

 

[Jesus]

Good ol' boy sport...these peckerwoods are trying to keep on to their old traditions. Pisses them off when "spics" and "******s" are running the last "pure" game.