How come in the Jordan era they had better TV ratings then now?

[QUOTE=mika][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR7cd_N2LPU[/url] ding ding ding[/QUOTE]

How I miss those days. Thanks for the memories Jordan.

Today's stars are a bunch of whimps. They are hyped up before they even prove themselves.

music, tv, comics, sports were better back in the days

blame it on the internet, iphone, commercialisation

[QUOTE=bwink23]Michael Jordan brought in so many fans who wouldn't have been fans of the sport. I can't tell you how many guys lost interest in basketball after Jordan retired. The NBA was entering the "hip-hop" era at the time, and many old school fans didn't care for the attitude and dress that was perpetuating through-out the league...add in the high schoolers coming in, and the NBA lost that "professional" appeal.[/QUOTE]

Yea exactly. Too many men wanna be another man. it wasnt about the sport. It was about man love.

Sad too though. Cause Lebron is better than Jordan but so many D*** riders out there who are so far up MJ's ass theyll never see the truth.

tv ratings for everything were better pre-internet

that and jordan is in the top 3 of all-time american athletes

jordan WAS the NBA

Also, a lot of people watch everything on DVR these days, when it is convenient for them. They do not add the DVR ratings into the live ratings. I watch everything but basketball on DVR. Basketball I watch live cause I like to get on here a lot and get into the conversations and all my friends and my brother will text me and spoil shit for me.

Lets not forget Rodman. Rodman was an icon in his own right. I know alot of females loved to watch him. And just people iin general wanted to watch him to see whhat he was gonna do.

Just think. People didntt start wearing tattoos all over their body until Rodman started wearing them. People didnt color their hair. Now its the norm

And dont forget Kukoc bought in the european audience too.

Combine that with Jordans exploits and overall charisma (the tounge, the dunking, etc) and the Bulls just steamrolling through the NBA.

As much as the NBA hypes the current players, they just can't compare to Jordan, Bird, Magic, Hakeem, Stockton, Reggie Miller, Barkley and those guys.

Did OP miss out on 90s NBA? I hope its not because of your birth date.

Back then the overall quality of the product was better. When i talk to people who were fans or just casual fans of the nba back the, they all got turned off by the general culture of the game and players. How theyve become more selfish, whiny, and immature. Just overall less professionalism.

Oh and the GOAT and most exciting player retiring didnt help either.

[QUOTE=Fatstogie] Lebron is better than Jordan [/QUOTE]


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Basketball peaked in popularity in the early-mid 90's. Even college ball was mainstream. The NBA was approaching NFL levels. Then it fell off...

that said if the nba finals involving a team from OKLAHOMA can draw big ratings the nba is on an upswing ...its not like the 2000s....ratings are back up and headed in right direction, miami is a popular team and basketball is getting a lot of hype these days

[QUOTE=konex]Because there are so many more entertainment options on tv these days.[/QUOTE]

This is the reason, TV ratings are way down for every network show because Cable doesn't suck anymore and there are 100's of great options online as well.

[QUOTE=kurt_rambis][B]tv ratings for everything were better pre-internet[/B]

that and jordan is in the top 3 of all-time american athletes[/QUOTE]

Nah son.

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Why hasn't more channels, the internet, global warming, or whatever random excuse people come up with affected the Superbowl's ratings (which sets new highs every year) like it affected the NBA finals ratings after Jordan's retirement(s)?