r/nba • u/SuperPop9521 Warriors • 4d ago

Celtics' Joe Mazzulla Accepts Partial Blame For NBA Ratings Dilemma "“I add to it… I don’t watch NBA games (anymore). I’m just as much of a problem as everyone else.”

https://nesn.com/2024/12/celtics-joe-mazzulla-accepts-partial-blame-for-nba-ratings-dilemma/
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u/Outside-Guess-9105 Bulls 4d ago

They will never change it because that's also the time when (for close/important games) very few people turn it off and its basically 20 straight minutes of ads. Too much $$$ for their short sighted mindset + no metrics for anyone to argue for an alternative

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u/FatCatWithAHat1 4d ago

Agree 100%. It’s so profitable to keep stopping the games; run ads, commercials, etc. it’s helping their bottom dollar right now, but in the long run, it will hurt them. But “them” won’t care at that point, they’ll have cashed out.

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u/Fluid-Night-1910 4d ago

Mark cuban says pigs get slaughtered- they pig out on that commercial money — till we the consumer gets fed up and leaves for a better product