AGAIN
16 games vs 82 games
aside from the fact that the NFL has always been more popular..but you have to look at these things from a non biased perspective.
The NFL is a monster
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AGAIN
16 games vs 82 games
aside from the fact that the NFL has always been more popular..but you have to look at these things from a non biased perspective.
Nah, I know what you're saying. But game 5 of the NBA series was as final as it gets, and it still did less than a regular season matchup for the NFL.
But I get ya, you're saying the NFL gets those ratings because each game means more even the regular season ones.
I just think game 5 of the NBA finals does kinda low ratings. I expected it to be a bit higher on this list, especially higher than Texans/Bengals wild card game
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
The NFL ratings will only go up. The live attendance on the other hand...
Lakerman0834
Veteran
its once a week on sunday thats the beauty of NFL so the week buildsup to each game.
Yep, their in-home presentation is too good.
Fantasy football and all that other shyt made it better to stay at home. Also way too expensive to go to a game.
No I get that.
I`m just saying NBA is weak for the final game of the finals not to beat a regular season regional matchup
Game 5 Heat up 3-1, how much more buildup do you need.
I expected higher ratings too to be honest..that shiit was a major disappointment..Two biggest "stars" in the NBA and we still aint cracked that 20 million..
Football is just way bigger than Basketball..its very hard to compete with the NFL and college football. Day of Jordan, magic and bird games hitting 70 million are well behind us brehs
NBA playoffs have a wider audience worldwide though..so take that in consideration also.
I expected higher ratings too to be honest..that shiit was a major disappointment..Two biggest "stars" in the NBA and we still aint cracked that 20 million..
NBA playoffs have a wider audience worldwide though..so take that in consideration also.
Oh of course, but this study isn't about the world and I can give a fukk about what they're watching in Spain and China, so I really don't need to take that into consideration.
I think we all know the NFL is a monolith in the states only, but honestly that's all that really matter if you live here. Especially on a board filled with Americans in a thread posting American viewership numbers. Lets keep it relative
PortCityProphet
Follow me to the truth
i cant believe yall muthafukkas is sittin here arguing this. its common knowledge that NFL is king over every sport in the US. what planet do yall live on 
So lets say youre David Stern..what does the NBA have to do to reach those nfl numbers..Everybody in America plays basketball but only a handful are watching it?
Dont make no fukkin sense to me.
Everyone in America doesn't play basketball, that's a real falsehood if there ever was one.
You may live in an area where everyone balls, but look at football as a whole, not just the NFL.
Football is usually the biggest sport at a high school, especially in certain states. So from early on in life people are told Football is the sport to get behind in America.
Then you look at college, look at the numbers of some of them college games and the stature of some of those college stadiums, 100 thousand people in those places on Saturdays. In college people are reminded of the importance of football.
Then the NFL, and t he super phenomenon that is the Super Bowl. It's a pop culture staple of America, it's the most widely celebrated day outside of any Holiday and it even trumps many Holidays.
Bottom line, you CANT catch the NFL. In doing so you're wasting your time and effort, it's a losing battle. But they can increase their viewership, if i`m Stern I cut down on the teams, 10 teams gone. Make the remaining teams very relevant and everyone be a competitor (another reason the NFL is so popular, parity). Cut your games down to a 30-35 game season.
You do these two things and the game will flourish. fukk tradition at this point, the game needs to evolve to get better,
NFL is my favorite as well, but da NBA has da more popular players
so u cant call them a joke
MustafaSTL
Achievement In Every Field of Human Endeavor
You have the EXACT same feelings about the NFL as I have. I still watch the NFL every week, still follow my Rams, but the overall over saturation of the NFL has really drained my enthusiasm for the game. I enjoy following college football more now than the NFL which never used to be the case. Things like having an NFL Live episode on ESPN everyday in the middle of June and July just fukking kills me. I want to miss the NFL to regenerate my interest when the season starts back up. But the problem is, once the season starts, I won't stop hearing about the NFL every minute on ESPN or other sports stations until February.
But my feelings are still the same about it's popularity, the glory position in the NFL is the QB. And as long as you have Brees, Manning (both), Brady, etc. as the face of these teams, they will gain the interest of the bulk of white america (the majority), and therefore, they will have high ratings.
We been on this one, NBA has more popular players because the game exposes you to the people much more than the NFL does.
I don't mean the NBA is a joke, well I do but for other reasons, but compared to the NFL viewership it's a joke.
It's like comparing Acer to Apple or something, just foolish.
So you think the NFL is popular because the players who are praised are white?
Why isn't hockey or baseball insanely popular then?