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“Boo-Hoo”


I just now read some bad news in an article on Yahoo Sports. Perhaps you all should be sitting down for this. Are you ready?

“A trend of low ratings throughout the NBA postseason has now reached the NBA Finals. And hit it hard. (That sound is me sniffling.)

Game 1 of the Finals brought in only 7.41 million viewers to ABC. That is reportedly the lowest viewership seen for the Finals since at least 1994, when total viewers began to be regularly recorded. The number is down 45 percent from last year’s Game 1. (That sound is me gasping in short staccatos, fighting off the tears.)

The playoffs opened with a thud that was partially attributed to weekday afternoon games, and things didn’t get better as the postseason progressed. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the two conference finals series this year were down 35 percent year over year. (Yes, the tears are starting, and now I am in full blown boo-hoo.)

The author of the article briefly mentioned that he thought that this ratings disaster had little to do with politics, and the disrespect for the flag by the NBA. He commented that other professional sports had decreased viewership. (Gee, could that be that other pro-sports were also showing the same disrespect?)

On Sept. 1, President Trump tweeted:

“NBA ratings are WAY down. People are tired of watching the highly political NBA, and they won’t be coming back. I hope football and baseball are watching and learning because the same thing will be happening to them. Stand tall for our Country and our Flag!!!”

(When I read this tweet, my “boo-hoo” turned to “whoo-hoo” because the disrespect by LeBron and the rest of his sycophants is exactly why I not only do not watch the NBA, but I also do not read about it in the Sport’s Page.)

BTW: Who is actually playing in the NBA finals? . . . (A purely rhetorical question, as I don’t care!)

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