Nba Commissioner On Ratings

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Nba commissioner on ratings. Game 3 s 5 9 million viewers were the fewest for an nba finals game ever at least since 1984 when they started tracking finals. Nba commissioner adam silver announced this week that the marxist black lives matter messages on the court and jerseys will be virtually gone next season after ratings plummeted. Amid news that the nba is clocking record low ratings for the 2020 nba finals league commissioner adam silver told nba countdown that professional basketball will leave social justice messages off the floor next season.
The nba has seen sinking ratings this year and a piece on outkick laid blame on nba commissioner adam silver and the league s business dealings with china adding that the people of hong kong and. According to sources commissioner adam silver still is surprised at the low audience with lebron james chasing his fourth title at age 35. The 2020 season played in a bubble because of the coronavirus pandemic prominently featured black lives matter messaging.
Television ratings for the nba finals have been at a historic low. Americans are fed up with politics in sports. Nba commissioner adam silver often touted as the smartest official in professional sports hinted that the overt displays of politics might be hurting his league s brand this week during an interview with espn before the ratings disaster that was sunday matchup between the miami heat and the los angeles lakers.
Now adam silver is pushing back against people who theorized that players taking a stand on social issues caused the lower ratings. Nba ratings have continued to sink during this. Nba commissioner adam silver said the league will be revisiting the social justice messaging seen on the court and players jerseys this season.
Apparently overpaid spoiled athletes kneeling during the national anthem while shoving marxism down their fans throats isn t. The league has allowed players to wear social justice sayings on their jerseys and each court has black lives matter painted on it. Nba commissioner adam silver admitted prior to game 1 of the finals that the league has struggled to generate eyeballs saying that the league is learning more about our television audience and.