OT: NFL Draft CRUSHED the NBA and NHL Playoffs in the ratings

[DD]

Every game/week in the NFL means something. It's an event, with great fan interaction (tailgating, fantasy, betting, g2g's). You could literally disregard most of the NBA season b/c it means jack --and its playoffs are way too long (2 months is asinine and for the most part anticlimactic).

[Malik Hairston]

Basketball as a sport is much more exciting than football in their purest forms, but the NFL football is more exciting than the NBA basketball strictly as leagues IMO..

Waking up on Sunday and getting my bets/fantasy football lineups ready is the most exciting aspect of sports fandom IMO, NBA can't compete with that..

The NFL trying to expand their schedule to additional days outside of Sunday/Monday is only going to hurt the appeal IMO..a big part of the NFL's excitement factor is the build-up to Sunday's games and MNF..

[Clipper Nation]

Not sure why people are surprised, tbh..

The NFL has been at the top for a while now, and it's going to continue to dominate..football is a more exciting sport, there is more parity, it's marketed around teams over players(with certain exceptions), and it's much easier for a ty NFL team to turn it's fortunes around than it is for a ty NBA franchise, tbh..

Officiating has no weight here, as the NFL officiating is even worse than NBA officiating IMO..

Other than the officiating, none of that is true anymore, tbh....

"More exciting sport" - the game is actually becoming less exciting and more watered down with Goodell's pussified rule changes.... seeing Brady and Fivehead get bailed out Durbeta-style every game in the regular season with timely bull holding or PI calls in order to inflate their stats and help them win is extremely boring....

"More parity" - the vast majority of championships in the Super Bowl era have been won by five teams: the Steelers, the Cowboys, the Niners, the Packers, and the Giants.... this is basically the same lack of parity that NBA-hating football fans criticize the NBA for

"Teams over players" - fantasy football has changed the marketing of the league so it has become more geared towards individuals and their stats.... Brady and Fivehead dominate 90% of NFL coverage every year

"Turnarounds" - it's actually easier for a mediocre team to turn things around, while hopeless franchises like the Bills, Browns, and Jaguars continue to be abominable every year

Tradition is what still keeps the NFL at the top, but that used to be true of baseball.... if the product continues to become watered-down, if the concussion/CTE issue worsens, and if the league continues to alienate its paying customers, the football bubble will burst just like it did for baseball....

[Malik Hairston]

And in all honesty, as much as Dad Killer helped the NBA during the 90s, he also caused severe damage to it going forward IMO..he was the originator of superstar, selfish basketball that turned off many NBA fans and viewers, and the reason there are so many misconceptions and inaccurate perceptions of today's players..

[TE]

Football has sucked for me, tbh...love the tradition, but the heartbreak every god damn year has made me a sick-puppy.

[Mugen]

Yeah, all the external factors associated with football obviously make it the more exciting event, just the actual sport itself is not that fun to watch outside of a few plays. Maybe it's bias since I find most sports outside of basketball to be pretty dull in comparison. Just shows how great of a marketing job the NFL has done over the years....

I guess I'd still rather watch Nick Young go 1 v 4 on a fastbreak than to see Trent Richardson carry for -2 yards on every other play tbh.

[LongtimeSpursFan]

I had two televisions going. One on NBA and other on NFL draft. I was only watching draft mostly to see where Manziel was going. Once he got drafted I didnt care too much anymore and turned off second television to watch Spurs game.

[Clipper Nation]

And in all honesty, as much as Dad Killer helped the NBA during the 90s, he also caused severe damage to it going forward IMO..he was the originator of superstar, selfish basketball that turned off many NBA fans and viewers, and the reason there are so many misconceptions and inaccurate perceptions of today's players..

I agree with this, but I'll also point out that the league's marketing department was just as complicit.... they've always promoted Dad Killer as a basketball demigod who never lost a game and won all his championships 1-on-5.... they've swept his epic chokejobs under the rug, omitted the fact that he eventually started trusting his teammates when he got older (remember his clutch pass to Steve Kerr?), and reduced Pippen to a sidekick instead of the legitimately great player he was.... Dad Killer, the myth has surpassed Dad Killer, the player

[hater]

I don't give a about soccer or football. Soccer fans are lifeless thugs who spend most of the time hating each other just because they are supporters of different teams. But it doesn't change the fact the oval ball rabbit and dog sport is played with the hands. And has fat turds with an average 70 IQ as fans.

[jeebus]

Trent Richardson carry for -2 yards on every other play tbh.

SEC SEC SEC

[Jacob1983]

The NHL will never be number one because only 1/4 of the league is Americans. Hillbillies, hipsters, and brothers don't want to watch it because hockey is a regional sport in America. The NFL is number one because its season is like the season of a TV show. There isn't a lot of time and devotion put into it too. It's also easy to follow and a weekly sport. All other sports play several times a week. People's attention spans aren't that long anymore especially with the internet and tablets and phones. The NBA can help get close to the NFL in ratings and popularity if there is more parity. Start giving teams like the Kings, Jazz, Bucks, and Pelicans a chance at making the playoffs.

[DMC]

Here's the thing most if not all have missed: Every team has fans and every fan cares about the draft. If it was one game, that would be different, but the draft affects every team in some fashion so it makes sense that every fan would want to see it. With the NBA, you only watch your team's game or some other front running monkeyballers.

[DMC]

I don't give a about soccer or football. Soccer fans are lifeless thugs who spend most of the time hating each other just because they are supporters of different teams. But it doesn't change the fact the oval ball rabbit and dog sport is played with the hands. And has fat turds with an average 70 IQ as fans.

Just out of curiosity, when was the last time we air dropped a pallet of rice in your town?

[PingPong]

Just out of curiosity, when was the last time we air dropped a pallet of rice in your town?

LOL wut?

[DD]

Just out of curiosity, when was the last time we air dropped a pallet of rice in your town?

[DAF86]

The gay community bumping those numbers up, tbh.

[hater]

how does it feel to an average american to have to now share their beloved sport with the gay community??

[DD]

how does it feel to an average american to have to now share their beloved sport with the gay community??

I don't know yet, but rest assured I'll ask soccerfan about how to deal with it when the time comes.

[hater]

I don't know yet, but rest assured I'll ask soccerfan about how to deal with it when the time comes.

let me know once you get an answer.

in the meantime i'll go ahead and laugh at America's Sport getting taken over by chicks with s

[hater]

tbh the sport is fitting for gays, just look at this thing called the "snap"

[hater]

tbh...

[Clipper Nation]

[DD]

@hater fighting a losing battle...you have to photoshop NFL pics to make them gay, whereas I can post any screenshot of any given soccer game and it's infinitely more sexual.

daisy dukes
pomade
idiot fans who go to the games just to blow into a vuvuzela and riot
most effeminate sport in the world

[Juggity]

I'll never understand why. Football is a barrel-scraper of a sport tbh.

[DD]

^
Stick to sports with a one-page playbook...all the little nuances and the vast amount of strategy that goes into football aren't for everybody. For those people I recommend african volleyball or commie roundballing.