Peacock for game 1

[Wolvesfan21]

When will other leagues learn that the NFL was built on being the most accessible one, local channels, local team, easy to watch and plan for.

That's difficult to do for the regular season cause of how many games in the NBA and other leagues but... Jesus can we just not have to subscribe to 19 different things just to watch our team in the playoffs!?

It makes sense as to why the viewership dropped over the last 4-5 years. Not only that, you're going to struggle to build NEW fans as well. Thats why the NFL does dominate the ratings. Make it as easy to watch as possible, build new fans, sell merch, protect high ticket prices, etc...

I really think that gutting the current fan base to shell out for near term money will ultimately doom many of these sports leagues long term. You're just going to struggle to build new fans as older ones die off and the pie just keep shrinking.

The NBA had a multi-decade high in viewership this past season and it was way up over last year. Their latest media deals have been a stunning success.

The fan experience of having to sign up for all these different streaming platforms is pretty insane, but overall it's worked for the NBA.

I wouldn't call it a stunning success to return to the mean. They are still way below the levels I saw from 2011-2012, never mind the 1997-1998 peak timeframe. Up from recent levels sure, but really no where to go but up I suppose. The NFL is still getting 5-6 times the views it seems. I would think that casual fans may tune in too when they added on Prime and Peacock which they might already have been subscribed to. Wether that is driving new fans or new subscribers much not sure.

I guess it's less of a total meltdown as I thought. https://www.winsportsonline.com/researc ... tatistics/

Still, it does longterm look almost like PPV boxing to me, which was the number one sport watched in the US and then went mostly to PPV and Cable and is still basically a shell of itself.

I still think that expanding the pie is probably the smartest overall long term strategy. Make games free and easy to view and you might see a double or triple viewership.