What will it take for the NBA to overtake the NFL as the most popular sport in the USA?

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

Cacs will have to go away for that to ever happen

 

[Luck]

It will never happen. People will always kick back on sundays, grill, drink and watch football

Should be worried about the NBA, this shyt is trash currently and I haven't met anyone that's excited or really even care about the playoff series or regular season like that outside of the diehards.

 

[Spyro]

Shorten the 82 game regular season.
Get rid of best of 7.
More than 2-3 teams that can actually win the title.
More stacked teams that make the league ultra competitive.

 

[STAN JONES]

It will never overtake the nfl because 1 game win or go home playoffs >>>>>>>>>>>>>7 game series

Also 82 game season make the regular season irrelevant for the most part

In the nfl every game matters

 

[Admiral Ackbar]

The US would have to be majority Black and Filipino for this to happen. I wouldn't mind such a country at all.

 

[JLova]

More white players, less black players

 

[Hey_zeus]

I'm sure this has already been mentioned
High level basketball has to look attainable for run of the mill cacs. If they can't even fathom themselves running shyt on the field of play it's not ever gonna get that top spot. Make the qb position unattainable for any non black and watch the audience dwindle.

 

[FTBS]

Won't happen. Football is a reflex for so many people. A Jags/Bucs Superbowl would draw ratings on par with all 7 games combined of a Cavs/Warriors Finals. Basketball got the rest of the globe though.

 

[FakeNews]

Hockey isn't an American sport. Nor does it provide the spectacle the NFL does. American Football speaks to the soul of modern America: fighter jets, military tributes, white coaches and QBs as the generals who lead the faceless negroes into literal violent battle... The helmets and the interchangeable nature of players on the roster dehumanize the bulk of the players so you never have to feel too bad about the crimes they commit, nor the fact they destroy themselves for non-guaranteed contracts.

Hockey is actually a fascinating sport. Football makes no fukking sense. No fanbase knows less about the games they watch.

 

[NoGutsNoGLory]

I believe so, due to the fact that the sport is more global and has reach in places like Africa, China, Europe, South America...as the US undergoes more demographic change that can only help the NBA's popularity.

Whereas the NFL is really only hugely popular in the US.

Its only midly interesting in those countries, soccer will always be king there.

 

[ISO]

The NBA is bigger globally and is bigger among the younger demographic. The NBA runs social media. Facts.

The NFL's advantage is that there's a 16 game season that takes place in the fall/winter months on boring ass Sundays and work days like Monday and Thursday. Every NFL game becomes an event because of this.

Also, the NFL has been woven into American culture particularly in the South and Midwest. The American heartland that's why they have massive high school football stadiums, that's why all the big time players and big time college football programs are there. In these small towns in the heartland there ain't shyt to do on a Friday except go watch high school football or go to the mall.

The national anthem, military jets, superstar white quarterbacks, lots of commercials, hot dogs and burgers, cheerleaders, guzzling beers, driving your pick up and tailgating at the stadium. It's something distinctly "American" about football.

 

[Fart Knocker]

the NBA has to overtake the MLB before it can take over the NFL

 

[Ironman]

Not for now but it'll be interesting how much younger generations continue to play as more concussion and brain issues come up

 

[Armchair Militant]

There's too many games.

The lottery needs to be fixed.

When 16/30 teams make the playoffs, it takes away the meaning.

Its too predictable.

The fukking Bulls/Knicks/Thunder were on national TV way too often

 

[Columbo]

c00ns will have to stop following the NFL