1. After last season’s bubble ratings tanked for the NBA, dishonest people tried to put the blame for the league’s viewership decrease on the league’s social justice messaging.
These fraudulent folks ignored a bunch of other factors like the fact that we were in the middle of a pandemic. The season was also paused for months. And then when the league came back, they played in empty buildings, which made for a weakened television product.
Obviously, with the pandemic far from its peak and people returning to normalcy, this year’s playoff ratings are showing big increases from a year ago.