RustyShackleford
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I think you might be further away from the median sports fan than you think.I disagree with this a lil bit. I used to be a guy who equally watched NFL/NBA content.
After like the past couple of years…I’ve slowly become a causal nfl watcher, and pretty much only catch the ravens games.
I am completely lost on who is nice, who is who etc, around the league, except the big names. And I don’t even no or care much about them.
I think the NBA makes up for that with their social media shenanigans and 24/hr content.
As a guy who’s times been cut shorter, I find it much easier to follow the NBA.
The season is shorter, most the games is a shorter space of time and mostly on the weekend, the network affects from the NFL already being more popular so more people that jobs will talk about it, NFL being predominantly on network TV while the NBA is mainly on cable, if you live in a major metro you can find a bar to watch the game, the NFL dominating the sports news cycle when it is in season.
I think for the general casual fan, that has even more limited time, the NFL is easier to follow than the NBA. You seem like a more avid consumer of sports than the average person.
Maybe you find it easier to be avid NBA fan than NFL fan. Sure. Maybe you get more utility consuming the NBA than NFL. Sure. I can understand those things happening
But the NFL and NBA really want the casual fan to follow the sport too. And I would guess the median fan is more casual than a avid. And the NFL has an advantage attracting and keeping the interest of that sort of fan.