Olbermann Breaks Down MLB's Awful TV Ratings

[El Bombi]

Damn, I miss Olbermann shytting on Republicans.

I would've loved to see this type of ether during the government shutdown.

 

[Marvel]

The NFL is worldwide? Are you ing?

I think he means futbol is worldwide

I understand why people hate Americans. We really think that the world should like what we like and that is arrogant as fukk.

 

[jfkennedy]

Found it

http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/showpost.php?p=66836085&postcount=109

NBA revenue in 1996: $2.3 bn.
MLB revenue in 1996: $1.78 bn.

NBA revenue in 2012-13: $~5 bn.
MLB revenue in 2013: $~8bn.

David Stern, Mr. Awesome Commissioner, undisputed leader of the most likely candidate by almost universal agreement to displace the national pastime, got his rear end handed to him on a dirty, bent tray by ....Bud Selig.

@jfkennedy @tremonthustler1 @The War Report As you can see, baseball has made up a ton of ground from when it was dead two years post lockout.

Just goes to show, baseball is still highly profitable and has very competent execs. Athletes get paid better, they share revenue wisely, there's parity (getting better).

There aren't even any basketball teams on the top #30 most valuable sports teams according to Forbes.

 

[FreshAIG]

Lmao @ NFL being worldwide

Football is my favorite sport but that is the most "only Americans care" sport of all time. Nobody gives a fukk about the NFL like that outside the US.

 

[El Bombi]

They lost the casual fan on TV but I feel like they're probably neck and neck with the NBA for causal fans attending games. The season is the easy, relatively, cheap outdoor drinking activity for a lot of middle - upper middle income folks from 22-44...just going off empirical evidence, it seems like between corporate tix and/or just wanting something to do, I see a good 60-70% of my friends hitting up baseball games in the late spring - sept.

In fact, I'd like to see their revenue streams as opposed to football and basketball.

But overall, baseball isn't much fun to watch and it is a marketing thing, they haven't built up national stories/stars/and teams at this point the same way basketball and football has. I watch the WS when the giants played, but I wouldn't even know what/who I'm watching if I tuned in this series. If they tackle the marketing, that would help.

I have to co-sign the bold.

My brother and I used to attend Texas Rangers games during the summer when we was bored and looking for something to do for cheap. The Rangers Ballbark was no longer than 15 mins from the house.

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

I hate when people say that shyt. NFL can be a bore with all the fukking stoppages and commercial breaks. Plus you can't even see all the 1 v 1 matchups on the outside. Baseball is special because a pitcher vs a hitter is as personal as it gets. And baseball fans who are serious are copping mlb.tv to watch Kershaw/King Felix pitch and watch Mike Trout/Puig.

The MLB TV shyt is a waste you can't even watch fukking Saturday games due to their fakkit ass blackout restrictions.

 

[Rice N Beans]

I think he means futbol is worldwide

I understand why people hate Americans. We really think that the world should like what we like and that is arrogant as fukk.

 

[The_Sheff]

They lost the casual fan on TV but I feel like they're probably neck and neck with the NBA for causal fans attending games. The season is the easy, relatively, cheap outdoor drinking activity for a lot of middle - upper middle income folks from 22-44...just going off empirical evidence, it seems like between corporate tix and/or just wanting something to do, I see a good 60-70% of my friends hitting up baseball games in the late spring - sept.

In fact, I'd like to see their revenue streams as opposed to football and basketball.

But overall, baseball isn't much fun to watch and it is a marketing thing, they haven't built up national stories/stars/and teams at this point the same way basketball and football has. I watch the WS when the giants played, but I wouldn't even know what/who I'm watching if I tuned in this series. If they tackle the marketing, that would help.

Yep, you can get decent seats for around 20 bucks and just drink and talk shyt. The baseball game is just going on in the background.

 

[concise]

The fact that baseball stuff is never trending on twitter should tell you all you need to know about its future.

 

[MikelArteta]

Called it years ago that baseball is dying

 

[locoloco87]

baseball is so god damn boring

the end

 

[cornercommission2k12]

Baseball lost most the black audience when they attacked Barry bonds

Then lost half they Latino audience when they went after everybody else

They would have shown they were fair if they would have went after mark McGuire while he was the biggest star in baseball

But they turn a blind eye to him then go after Barry bonds and only go after McGuire after he left the game which he still has a position in while guys like Sosa and bonds have been blacked out the game.

At this point it's perception and right now MLB don't look right

 

[hashmander]

This has to be only in America right?

There's no way in hell any of theses leagues can touch the Premier League on a global scale.

the premier league isn't a centralized operation like american leagues so comparing league revenues is really apples and oranges. the premier league just basically negotiates television deals. there are no league wide apparel sponsorship, etc. it's a dog eat dog world for the premier league clubs, each one of them go out and get their kit sponsorship and their shirt sponsors, sell their own apparel, etc. anyway the premier league is setting themselves up to never be a dying league because they sell their tv rights everywhere and they don't gouge the poor countries because one day in the future those countries are going to be paying higher rights fees. it's why so many nfl owners are jumping on the premier league bandwagon, a lot more growth potential. the nba's global strategy is in a similar vein. they might not make big money from 300 million chinese people tuning into a game, but it won't always be that way.

 

[MustafaSTL]

Called it years ago that baseball is dying

A sport that is generating around 8 billion dollars a year is dying? Do you think before you post?

 

[MustafaSTL]

I swear nikkas in here are talking dumb. World Series ratings and NBA Finals ratings aren't the only revenue generator for each respective league. Nothing will compare to Super Bowl ratings because it's more of a national party than the actual game. The NBA is generating more revenue now than ever, it's not dying. MLB is generating around 8 billion dollars a year, it's healthy as fukk. Both leagues are in a good place with revenue. I swear y'all are the most "caught in the moment" nikkas I have ever witnessed.