"I think the NFL is about 10 years away from an implosion"-Mark Cuban

[Woodrow]

maybe, maybe not

You cant really say that

thats like saying nfl will overtake nba globally one day (also not gonna happen) I just dont see it

both sports have their space and thats fine

there was a time, an extremely long time (decades), when baseball was #1. then basketball. now it’s the NFL and likely will be for some time. but eventually, it’ll change again. might not even be in our lifetime, but at some point people will flock to something else.

 

[inndaskKy]

It seems like basketball generates more interest with younger people and on social media than football does, but it seems like the NBA can't figure out how to turn that interest into viewership quite just yet. Once the NBA figures that out though they'll have a shot of taking the #1 spot from the NFL.

Maybe NBA fans are just more hip to the times and a lot of them stream the games illegally which doesn't show up in the official stats. Football audience is more traditional and tv-based I think. Are there numbers on NBA streams?

Also NBA has a much bigger international audience and the social media hype is partly driven by that.

 

[South Paw]

Maybe NBA fans are just more hip to the times and a lot of them stream the games illegally which doesn't show up in the official stats. Football audience is more traditional and tv-based I think. Are there numbers on NBA streams?

Also NBA has a much bigger international audience and the social media hype is partly driven by that.

NBA has turned into a highlight sport as well. theres a lotta of guys that dont watch games but just check highlight on IG or twitter. there has to be an advanced metric on how many minutes are watched on average not just typical ratings

 

[inndaskKy]

NBA has turned into a highlight sport as well. theres a lotta of guys that dont watch games but just check highlight on IG or twitter. there has to be an advanced metric on how many minutes are watched on average not just typical ratings

True, but to be fair, NBA has so many games that in order to keep up you have to watch highlights of the teams you don't follow closely. So people could watch whole games and a lot of highlights at the same time.

 

[South Paw]

True, but to be fair, NBA has so many games that in order to keep up you have to watch highlights of the teams you don't follow closely. So people could watch whole games and a lot of highlights at the same time.

I think that is also a function of the NBA becoming more player centric and the NFL being so much more team centric. Though the NFL is slowly starting to shift

 

[inndaskKy]

I think that is also a function of the NBA becoming more player centric and the NFL being so much more team centric. Though the NFL is slowly starting to shift

I think gaming culture probably has taken a large bite out of the interest that younger generations have for traditional sports too. I think they are the people who mostly watch highlights if at all. Gaming takes up so much time and attention, everything else becomes a side show to gamers it seems.

 

[Ididit]

I think gaming culture probably has taken a large bite out of the interest that younger generations have for traditional sports too. I think they are the people who mostly watch highlights if at all. Gaming takes up so much time and attention, everything else becomes a side show to gamers it seems.

True. Gaming allows us to be in control instead of just being a viewer so it feels more real than watching something real. And there are so many games most of us don't even tune in till the playoffs.

 

[KnickstapeCity]

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[Tony D'Amato]

basketball is a more popular global sport than the NFL. the NFL dominates stateside. but these things always happen in cycles. there will eventually come a day when football is no longer #1 in terms of ratings.

We're in America. In your lifetime, no sport will surpass the nfl

 

[supertrekker]

basketball is a more popular global sport than the NFL. the NFL dominates stateside. but these things always happen in cycles. there will eventually come a day when football is no longer #1 in terms of ratings.

NBA being more global is why it will never top the NFL in America. NFL is the all American sport. All the teams and players are American plain and simple. America first. It's also a sport that caters to athletes of all shapes and sizes therefore anyone can play it.

 

[DetroitEWarren]

i can't see it happening...at all...the nfl is too ingrained into americana...for it to decline it'd have to be a dramatic shift that won't happen in a decade

When Brady retires in 10 years

 

[ClutchVon]

It's also a sport that caters to athletes of all shapes and sizes therefore anyone can play it.

This is the #1 reason as to why I never thought or will think the NBA would/will ever overtake the NFL nor see a huge decrease in seeing football at the lower levels.

 

[supertrekker]

Mark Cuban said a few years back that Bitcoin would be a bad investment even though he owns shares in it.

 

[PortCityProphet]

there was a time, an extremely long time (decades), when baseball was #1. then basketball. now it’s the NFL and likely will be for some time. but eventually, it’ll change again. might not even be in our lifetime, but at some point people will flock to something else.

At what point in history was the NBA ever the number 1 sport in this country?

 

[broller]

there was a time, an extremely long time (decades), when baseball was #1. then basketball. now it’s the NFL and likely will be for some time. but eventually, it’ll change again. might not even be in our lifetime, but at some point people will flock to something else.

When was basketball #1? I don't think it ever was