Sports viewers shift habits as social justice messaging increases: poll

So people stopped watching when millionaire athletes started whining about how oppressed they are because they get paid to play a game? Telling the majority of your fan base that you hate them because of the color of their skin or their political leanings is costing you viewership?



There are multiple reasons why I haven't watched an NBA game in 3 years and don't plan on starting again soon. This is at the top of the list.

You really do hate to see it.

If youre going to constantly shoehorn nuanced social issues that have this country completely split into people's entertainment, you should probably at least have some sort of balance. Instead we've gotten months of "derp we must be better."



A far better solution would be to largely leave it out. A sports broadcast is ill served to have any complex discussion. Imagine someone constantly bringing up politics at a Super Bowl Party. Ultimately, theyre going to make the experience worse for a portion of the people there

"Watching less" is kind of broad and non-specific. Could mean just watching intermittently instead of investing for the whole game.

But I must say the I don't think anyone likes being lectured and told how to feel. And a lot of these heavy handed social justice infomercials come across that way.

I mute those, I'm still gonna watch what sports I want to watch.

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Telling the majority of your fan base that you hate them because of the color of their skin or their political leanings is costing you viewership?

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Don't forget the NBA players, led by LeMao, strongly standing up for the Chinese Communist Party against the evil citizens of Hong Kong and their silly "rights."

What matters is BLM. Say their names*









*unless they are enslaved religious/ethnic minorities

But muh TV contracts

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A far better solution would be to largely leave it out.

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The longer they continue down this road the more fans will realize sports aren’t important. The athletes had a good racket going until they started making it all about their shite politics

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Playing in empty stadiums was unbelievably stupid.

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it was either that or not play at all

I’ll be honest though. The Ivy League in athletics has absolutely committed suicide.

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The Ivy League in athletics has absolutely committed suicide.

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Would anyone care?
Those athletes don’t even get athletic scholarships

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i would like to know how many of that 34% were really watching to begin with... let’s say you called it sportsball or shooty hoops in the past. They would suffer no net loss of viewership.

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And how many told the truth? You give the answer that makes you look good to the people you are trying to impress. It's like the old anecdote that talked about how something like 40 percent of poll respondents say they watched PBS. In reality, like 11 people watch PBS, but everybody says they do because that's what they think you're supposed to say.