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Originally Posted by Dtownsfinest
In light of the failing NBA popularity? Y'all still saying this huh lol?
These teams are allowed to spend this much money because of the money the NBA is making.
NBA is not pissing off a fair mount of their US Fanbase. The US Fan base doesn't give a damn about guys standing up for social issues....if people are tuning out because of it is a small minority of fans that don't even matter to begin with.
Its so tiresome....ugh....
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Disagree all you want, but I find it more than a bit coincidental the drop in ratings for the NFL, NBA, and now the Olympics. Oh, and Hollywood award show ratings are also at the bottom of the toilet.
While correlation doesn't prove causation, I think it's pretty easy to see the correlation between falling ratings and the increased amount of politics intruding into the various mediums of entertainment.
As far as income goes, the majority of the big dollars NBA teams are earning come from previously signed and negotiated tv deals like the 9-yr ESPN deal for $2.6b which started around 2016 or 2017. If you think those are the numbers that would be bandied about today, then we'll just agree to disagree. No way networks are signing contracts for those numbers in the current climate.