Because basketball viewership is down overall; it’s part of a trend
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one is looking for the most unflattering interpretation, this season ranks among the least-watched of the past 30 years — ahead of the two COVID-shortened seasons of 2019-20 (1.55M) and 2020-21 (1.36M) and two years of the league’s mid-2000s lull (2002-03: 1.58M; 2006-07 1.52M). That the past four seasons rank among the six least-watched, even with the addition of out-of-home viewing to Nielsen’s estimates, cannot be brushed aside.
Much has been written about NBA ratings the past few years, but where does the league truly stand? This deep dive seeks to answer.
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The WNBA and women’s college basketball are niche sports. Cornhole is a niche…sport? Billiards, softball, drag racing, all of the are niche sports. There are millions of people who like them and millions that don’t care but people who do like them watch ads and buy products just like the people that watch the NFL and men’s sports do.
I bet you’re ok with billiards being on tv but somehow you really dislike the WNBA. In the nearly 30 years I’ve been on the Boneyard you and mau have never missed a chance to disparage and sneer at women’s basketball. I bet you post more condescending posts about women’s hoops than some people on the women’s board write in a year. That’s some impressive “not caring “ there,