After a forced break due to coronavirus, the NBA and MLB came back expecting their views to be as good as ever....and they might have been, had the leagues not protested during the national anthem.
Americans are not going to watch garbage that direct spits on the brave men and women who have fought and died for our country.
Both baseball and basketball started out their season covered in Black Lives Matter garb(age) and took a knee, which resulted in less viewers tuning into games the rest of the week.
According to Outkick.com, neither one of the major league sports did well. Here are the opening numbers for the NBA's opening games on TNT:
Lakers-Clippers: 3.4 million
Pelicans-Jazz: 2.1 million
ESPN’s MLB return numbers were also underwhelming:
Yankees-Nationals: 4.0 million
Dodgers-Giants: 2.8 million
“To be fair since I compared MLB vs NBA return night 1, here is night 2,” Outkick’s Ryan Glasspiegel tweeted with additional stats:
MLB (last Friday, ESPN)
Mets-Braves (4p) – 922K
Brewers-Cubs(7p) – 1.0M
Angels-As (10p) – 797K
NBA (last night ESPN) (July 31)
Celtics-Bucks (6:30p) – 1.3M
Mavs-Rockets (9p)- 1.7M
The Athletic’s Ethan Strauss added that the MLB numbers are still falling:
MLB really fell off after opening day. In general, both leagues aren't getting the audience one might expect from a nation that's been deprived of entertainment for months https://t.co/GazeoR9SNB
— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) August 2, 2020
Then, he noted that baseball can't use the coronavirus as an excuse as to why their views are low, because back in May, it sure didn't stop people from watching Tom Brady golf with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson for a charity golf match.
The match, called "The Match II" actually earned record tv ratings, with 6.3 million viewers, and raised over $20 million for charity.
You could chalk sagging interest up to pandemic conditions, but 5.8 million tuned in to watch Tom Brady hit golf shots into the woods https://t.co/vIPxNc1uDi
— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) August 2, 2020
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