I don’t really see what he’s asking for here. His argument is that everyone watches the NFL’s Super Bowl Sunday regardless of the teams involved, while NBA fans may skip based on who makes it to the Finals.
Super Bowl Sunday is one day a year, and it’s carved out on the calendar well in advance.
The NBA Finals are up to 7 games, many of which are on a week-day. I watch because I’m genuinely interested in the NBA, but you can’t expect casual fans to carve that much time out in their schedule to accommodate your championship round.
The only way Silver gets his way is if the NBA goes to a 1 or maybe 3 Game Finals, which would make the product much worse for the true fans.
I don’t really see what he’s asking for here. His argument is that everyone watches the NFL’s Super Bowl Sunday regardless of the teams involved, while NBA fans may skip based on who makes it to the Finals.
Super Bowl Sunday is one day a year, and it’s carved out on the calendar well in advance.
The NBA Finals are up to 7 games, many of which are on a week-day. I watch because I’m genuinely interested in the NBA, but you can’t expect casual fans to carve that much time out in their schedule to accommodate your championship round.
The only way Silver gets his way is if the NBA goes to a 1 or maybe 3 Game Finals, which would make the product much worse for the true fans.