For the first time in the team's 12-game existence, a Battlehawks contest was not among the top-two rated contests televised in St. Louis involving teams from the region. But also for the first time, the B-hawks played on a weekend the Cardinals were in action in the regular season. There was no overlap in the B-hawks' other season, 2020, which was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Redbirds dominated the battle among area teams for television viewers over the long weekend (Thursday-Monday), encompassing the baseball opener through men's NCAA Tournament title game. The Cards played four times in that period, and those telecasts occupied the top four spots in ratings among local teams.