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LOL, you are such a whinny loser. Keep convincing yourself of that!
Please, the Cavs bore the out of me, and everyone else for that matter. ESPN has an article led "Lebroring" That should tell you something. They also have another article by Bill Simmons proclaiming that this Spurs team fun to watch. Nothing more exciting than watching manu and tony with their drives and finishes. And Horry throwing up a 3 ball, Tim owning the paint. The Cavs are really boring, but anyway, we don't give a about ratings when we are about to win our 4th championship!
LOL, you are such a whinny loser. Keep convincing yourself of that!
You do realize the Spurs-Pistons finals was rated higher than the legendary 1980 Lakers-Sixers, right? Also, higher than Bird's win over Houston in a similarly lopsided Finals.
Can anyone here explain why the big market Mavs and Heats (Heat even had Shaq) did just .3 better than the Spurs and Pistons??
I guess their cities and teams were... yawn, huh.
Sometimes I wonder if these trolls think posting all their lame here will someone make them attractive to the opposite sex.
If NBC had kept the NBA contract over the past five years, the ratings would be about two points higer across the board for each Finals series since 2003.
The Spurs are boring
Sin,
ABC and ESPN
I love watching them take the ratings bullet in the azzzzzzz.
Any network that forces you to listen to Mark Jackson deserves no more than to go out of business.
I rather SAS than Mark Jackson.
Maybe its just really ABC and ESPN's fault. How can you continue to say a team is boring and make it seem like they are not worth watching. Well no one's watching. Its not the Spurs fault....
lol @ cavs fans moral victory of "low ratings" who the cares? here is as much as i care about ratings ............i'd rather have 2 people watch my Spurs win another le then have millions watch my team lose(cavs,suns,heat,lakers).......... your ratings lol im a fan what do ratings have anything to do with me???
Spurs ratings > 1980 Lakers (Magic, Kareem) vs. Sixers (Dr. J) ratings
How are record-low ratings a "moral victory" for Cavs fans? They mean either that America is even less interested in the Cavs than they are in the Spurs, or that nobody thinks this series will be remotely compe ive.
Associated Press
Jun. 8, 2007 04:36 PM
NEW YORK - Game 1 of the NBA finals drew the lowest rating ever for an opening-game in prime time, dropping 19 percent from last year.
The San Antonio Spurs' 85-76 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night earned a 6.3 rating and 11 share on ABC. The previous low was a 6.4/11 in 2003.
Last year's Game 1 between Miami and Dallas earned a 7.8 rating and 14 share.
The rating is the percentage watching a telecast among all homes with televisions, and the share is the percentage tuned in to a broadcast among those households with televisions on at the time. A ratings point represents 1,114,000 households.
Yep, Lebron and the Cavs are just a ty draw. I don't know why their fans expected any different.
What about all the people that watched the game at sports bars? What about groups of people that watched at other's houses?
The ratings aren't always accurate because it is mostly estimation based on a small sample size.
In another thread, I speculated that the NBA would move away from its current television strategy with ESPN and TNT.
WRONG.
The NBA is finalizing an eight-year extension of its current deals with Turner and Disney, for a substantial increase in rights fees.
In addition to getting the TV rights, Disney and Turner also will gain rights to streaming video broadcasts of games on their websites, and on-demand video for computers, cell phones, Ipods, and digital cable/satellite TV.
linko
"If a tree falls in the forest and no one is present to hear it, does it make a sound?"
This is the principle Cleveland is operating on.
Crestside Deepthroat is more like it
That I believe is the culprit. The marketing of the NBA is horrendous on ABC. + I think the start times are affecting the east coast more so than the west coast. Those are fairly late start times.
This also shows the wave of the future. Its not so much more a "TV" thing.The NBA is finalizing an eight-year extension of its current deals with Turner and Disney, for a substantial increase in rights fees.
In addition to getting the TV rights, Disney and Turner also will gain rights to streaming video broadcasts of games on their websites, and on-demand video for computers, cell phones, Ipods, and digital cable/satellite TV.
Nowadays with computers(internets), International marketing, Tivo, merchandising etc. The NBA and the networks make up their money in other areas.
I don't watch network TV except for Jeopardy and as of now basketball. I haven't watched network tv consistently for the last three years.
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That's all we should really care about as far as this deal goes. Higher salary caps.The NBA is finalizing an eight-year extension of its current deals with Turner and Disney, for a substantial increase in rights fees.
Even better.In addition to getting the TV rights, Disney and Turner also will gain rights to streaming video broadcasts of games on their websites, and on-demand video for computers, cell phones, Ipods, and digital cable/satellite TV.
Perhaps others have already pointed this out...but even though the total number of people watching were fewer than in other years, the broadcast was still the most watched show that night. So, please, all the ratings mean is that Thursday night was not a night when most people in America were watching regular network tv. Stern is likely bright enough to know that. Also, since both teams in the finals have so many international players the coverage in foreign lands was likely higher than it would have been with some other teams (like Detroit). People really need to get a grip.
who gives a about the ratings
no one
-Mars
The Spurs are 3 wins away from their 4th championship. Who gives a about ratings?
I think it has to do about the western conference second round "robbery"
Many fans were really mad and made a commitment to boycott the Finals by not watching.
Ratings are important..
Too much money on the line.
At this pace we won't have NBA coverage in the near future...
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