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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Apr 23, 2010 3:38pm
Apparently, not everyone feels the draft sucks....
NFL draft blows out NBA playoffs in ratings battle
Posted by Michael David Smith on April 23, 2010 3:29 PM ET
More than twice as many people watched the NFL draft than the NBA playoffs on Thursday night.
The combined overnight rating for the first round of the draft was a 6.42, with ESPN generating a 5.47 rating and NFL Network getting 0.95. TNT got a 2.1 rating for the Chicago Bulls' NBA playoff win over the Cleveland Cavaliers and a 3.0 rating for the Oklahoma City Thunder's win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
The numbers are the latest reminder that in American sports, nothing even comes close to the NFL. That's why the NFL's decision to schedule a regular-season game at the same time as the World Series is just good business sense.
It's also why Mark Cuban's complaints about the scheduling of the draft are silly: If the NBA doesn't want to go head-to-head with the NFL draft in prime time, it should move its games to the daytime.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/23/nfl-draft-blows-out-nba-playoffs-in-ratings-battle/
NFL draft blows out NBA playoffs in ratings battle
Posted by Michael David Smith on April 23, 2010 3:29 PM ET
More than twice as many people watched the NFL draft than the NBA playoffs on Thursday night.
The combined overnight rating for the first round of the draft was a 6.42, with ESPN generating a 5.47 rating and NFL Network getting 0.95. TNT got a 2.1 rating for the Chicago Bulls' NBA playoff win over the Cleveland Cavaliers and a 3.0 rating for the Oklahoma City Thunder's win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
The numbers are the latest reminder that in American sports, nothing even comes close to the NFL. That's why the NFL's decision to schedule a regular-season game at the same time as the World Series is just good business sense.
It's also why Mark Cuban's complaints about the scheduling of the draft are silly: If the NBA doesn't want to go head-to-head with the NFL draft in prime time, it should move its games to the daytime.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/23/nfl-draft-blows-out-nba-playoffs-in-ratings-battle/
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Al Capone
Posts: 1,727
Apr 23, 2010 3:42pm
Lets see what sq crazies has to say about that.BR1986FB wrote: Apparently, not everyone feels the draft sucks....
NFL draft blows out NBA playoffs in ratings battle
Posted by Michael David Smith on April 23, 2010 3:29 PM ET
More than twice as many people watched the NFL draft than the NBA playoffs on Thursday night.
The combined overnight rating for the first round of the draft was a 6.42, with ESPN generating a 5.47 rating and NFL Network getting 0.95. TNT got a 2.1 rating for the Chicago Bulls' NBA playoff win over the Cleveland Cavaliers and a 3.0 rating for the Oklahoma City Thunder's win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
The numbers are the latest reminder that in American sports, nothing even comes close to the NFL. That's why the NFL's decision to schedule a regular-season game at the same time as the World Series is just good business sense.
It's also why Mark Cuban's complaints about the scheduling of the draft are silly: If the NBA doesn't want to go head-to-head with the NFL draft in prime time, it should move its games to the daytime.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/23/nfl-draft-blows-out-nba-playoffs-in-ratings-battle/
Sage
Posts: 2,070
Apr 23, 2010 3:47pm
I'm not surprised. America loves football.
It's also the first round of the play-offs, and it's not like they're enticing match-ups to casual basketball fans.
It's also the first round of the play-offs, and it's not like they're enticing match-ups to casual basketball fans.
SQ_Crazies
Posts: 7,977
Apr 23, 2010 4:19pm
LOL, what do ratings have to do with anything?
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Apr 23, 2010 4:21pm
^^^Everything.
It shows that people are definitely more interested in the NFL draft than some of these 1st round matchups. Sage hit it right on the head....the casual fan does not care about these games at all.
It shows that people are definitely more interested in the NFL draft than some of these 1st round matchups. Sage hit it right on the head....the casual fan does not care about these games at all.
gibby08
Posts: 1,581
Apr 23, 2010 4:25pm
What do ratings have to do with anything?
Did you really ask that?
Did you really ask that?
SQ_Crazies
Posts: 7,977
Apr 23, 2010 4:26pm
But then someone says, I wonder what SQ has to say about that. And that's what I say, read my first post again. Ratings have nothing to do with it. This was always an opinion from the start, but that's why it's overhyped--they push the coverage because people watch it. But it's just retarded how excited people get about it. It's the most pointless thing to watch. I mean it's been on my TV, but I just flip to it during commercials and check who gets picked where. I know that plenty of people are watching it, that's exactly why I think ti's overhyped--it's really pretty stupid but people get so damn excited about it.
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mtrulz
Posts: 2,905
Apr 23, 2010 10:27pm
^^NBA's worse, pal. Kobe and LeBron......that's pretty much all it is.
SQ_Crazies
Posts: 7,977
Apr 23, 2010 10:29pm
mtrulz wrote: ^^NBA's worse, pal. Kobe and LeBron......that's pretty much all it is.
SQ_Crazies
Posts: 7,977
Apr 23, 2010 10:30pm
And no, the draft is worse. A bunch of ROOKIES, that IS all it is.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Apr 24, 2010 1:49am
You're a very opinionated dude. I don't always agree with you and/or the way you express your opinions here and there. This is one of those times. You really were too kind in the way you responded to OhioChatter's herpes sore. He deserves far worse than a meager Demotivational...SQ_Crazies wrote:mtrulz wrote: ^^NBA's worse, pal. Kobe and LeBron......that's pretty much all it is.
Then again, what he does deserve would be to be featured in Encyclopedia Dramatica's Pain Series...and there's no way that would be allowed on this site...so maybe you did do the right thing.