Comment by bdangubic | Hacker News Reader

Comment by bdangubic | Hacker News Reader

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ratings are down for all broadcast and cable TV broadly it isn't that damning of NBA specifically, and certainly isn't a strong supporting fact that NBA games themselves are "unwatchable".

you are right, the ratings are down but not for all the sports, I think NBA specifically has an issue they need to resolve. and my words were harsh but I spoke my mind so-to-speak - I am losing interest watching games where it is not uncommon to see more than half the shots taken be 3’s…

I agree with both your points A and B. the article does mention hand-checking outside the box etc which totally makes sense. If I was Silver I would

- SHORTEN the season. I would make Christmas opening night of the league. If NFL wants to take over everything NBA needs to either admit defeat or fight a bit, opening on Christmas would help both with making season shorter and making it more attractive.

- Both your A and B points

- Move 3-pt line back to 27+ feet

Shortening the regular season is the answer. Too many games, too many teams in the playoffs, means that no game has any impact vs an NFL game.

this year after week 2 of the nfl I was watching espn late and they were doing a full-on deep dive on what chances teams statistically have of making the playoffs after going 0-2!!! like week 3 and you are like “shit, can’t lose next week…”

what is fascinating to me as a european living in the US is that NFL is absolute garbage of a sport and it is insane that other sports are not more popular. NFL games are 3 hours of which 2 hours and 50 minutes not a damn fucking thing is happening. the TV broadcast people make more money than all but handful of players on each team (understandably so, they have to entertain you for 2 hours and 50 minutes of nothingness), there is just commercial after commercial… like absolute madness the sport is actually popular to watch. I thought maybe fantasy and gambling are main reasons but you can do both without watching the games

Agreed. I can't imagine what media-related news would make me happier than to hear the NBA is shortening their season to 65 games.

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