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melbcityguy said:
The NBA is in a interesting position


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NBA TV Viewership Declines 18%: Unraveling Poor Ratings

Throughout the 2024-2025 season, many people have sounded the alarm bells over the NBA TV ratings.
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I still watch the best of Jordan on YouTube. It shits over everything on offer in the NBA today.

I wonder if this opinion and the ratings drop is generational. As a 90s kid growing up with the best sporting icons in multiple sports, it's hard to be as attracted to some sports today. The 00s were better too. Even though I still occasionally watch, today's "stars" are dull robots, not a lot of individual sporting IQ and genius.

Jordan
Schumacher
Lockett\Ablett\Ablett Jr
Lomu
Federer
Messi and the sheer amount of magical stars in the 90s and early 00s.
Bolt

Yeah we've had a few records breakers since, but today's era as a whole is nowhere near the battles of yore.

Or am I the old man yelling at clouds now?
 
didn't I open a Other Sports interest thread sometime back ?!
Can this be shifted linked mods please :)
 
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LFC said:
didn't I open a Other Sports interest thread sometime back ?!
Can this be shifted linked in it mods please :)
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I was wondering why the original post didn't show up as a notification...
 
HappyGuus said:
I still watch the best of Jordan on YouTube. It shits over everything on offer in the NBA today.

I wonder if this opinion and the ratings drop is generational. As a 90s kid growing up with the best sporting icons in multiple sports, it's hard to be as attracted to some sports today. The 00s were better too. Even though I still occasionally watch, today's "stars" are dull robots, not a lot of individual sporting IQ and genius.

Jordan
Schumacher
Lockett\Ablett\Ablett Jr
Lomu
Federer
Messi and the sheer amount of magical stars in the 90s and early 00s.
Bolt

Yeah we've had a few records breakers since, but today's era as a whole is nowhere near the battles of yore.

Or am I the old man yelling at clouds now?
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Yeah, I get what you mean. Depends on the sport though, and of course as times go by, metrics change.
 
NicCarBel said:
I was wondering why the original post didn't show up as a notification...
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true and I'm surprised that MCG hadn't done his research for he's normally pretty good :)
Here you go young fella
LFC

Thread 'Other Sport interests and do you play ?'

I'm sure many members are not just one trick football ponies.
As much as I luv our game/play it still in my mature years yaddayadda I luv some other sports.

Motor racing has been a loonnng time fav - my ol man being in the parts game and brand sponsering he'd take us young kids to Speedway when it was huge at Sydney Sportsground - our Aussie Touring cars/Bathurst/Oran Park/Amaroo Park etc hence my passion and behind our Aussie Falcons.
I have a couple of car toys in the shed, I enjoy caring for them - was a mechanic/suspension specialist so the car bug hit me hard and done a number of...
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LFC said:
true and I'm surprised that MCG hadn't done his research for he's normally pretty good :)
Here you go young fella
LFC

Thread 'Other Sport interests and do you play ?'

I'm sure many members are not just one trick football ponies.
As much as I luv our game/play it still in my mature years yaddayadda I luv some other sports.

Motor racing has been a loonnng time fav - my ol man being in the parts game and brand sponsering he'd take us young kids to Speedway when it was huge at Sydney Sportsground - our Aussie Touring cars/Bathurst/Oran Park/Amaroo Park etc hence my passion and behind our Aussie Falcons.
I have a couple of car toys in the shed, I enjoy caring for them - was a mechanic/suspension specialist so the car bug hit me hard and done a number of...
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When the threads aren't used in a while they go to the bottom and I forget about them

Will definitely keep it in mind for the future
 
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NicCarBel said:
Yeah, I get what you mean. Depends on the sport though, and of course as times go by, metrics change.
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Obviously metrics change but some are timeless.
I agree with HG.
No one is near Jordan imo and I’m No NBA fan but I watched the Netflix series brilliant.
He mentioned Schumacher - I agree modern times and Senna.
Pele
Maradona
Messi will be next for other CR7.
What footballers right now are at the heights today in their peak of these 2, none if anyone has any idea of football.
Tiger !
I’m sure I could up with other sports but for now that will do.
 
Yes true sad for those who have invested their time and the countless volunteers.
A business mate was very involved here in Sydney, played out sponsorship $ in to umpiring as he aged.
These are the types all sports need.

In saying that from my perspective.
WTF in this small originally Anglo country gravitate to some USA sports.
Yes I know it’s big in Japan and Latin merica but here ???
One the lack of numbers.
2 how many really care ?
Same applies for ice hockey.
There a rink built many moons ago at a large mall near my place.
Obviously people go casually to skate fall on your arse and or get hurt.
Like we’re ducks out of water.
There used to comp games on - how did that league survive ?!
Well it didn’t.
So I just don’t get into a sport that is foreign to us.
The only one to survive I see well will be BB.
No fan of it as well but the young gen’s are getting into it due to the USA influence.
 
Watching Wallabies Lions. Growing up rugby league obsessed I was always Vene confused by ruck rules and handling.

It seems if a defender can enter the tuck on their feet and get a hand on the ball preventing a release then a penalty is awarded in their favour.

You watch and see it's not always possible to do as the game is so fast and there's a block to get the ball but I find the officiating on the matter extremely inconsistent.

Basically refs favour one team. Numerous times I see Australia get pinned immediately, hand on ball for a single second. If Australia pin their opponent the ref penalises them for some other arbitrary reason while in sat there screaming that the opposition can't release.

Don't get me started on red cards for natural tackle momentum hitting the chin or head. Ridiculous rule. The yellow card for dropping an intercept is a joke. You should be able to hinder attack however you please and a scrum will ensue.
 
The Wallabies are of course a lot worse than yesteryear but the game has changed too. I felt as a kid there was always a decent amount of space or accuracy in passing by teams. I find rugby passing now is swifter and rushed and leads to a lot of errors. The seemingly lateral play of the past worked then and now is a highly technical planned out sport.

Defensive tactics also seem to have developed into a narrow suffocation of the attacking side.
 
JS96 said:
Watching Wallabies Lions. Growing up rugby league obsessed I was always Vene confused by ruck rules and handling.

It seems if a defender can enter the tuck on their feet and get a hand on the ball preventing a release then a penalty is awarded in their favour.

You watch and see it's not always possible to do as the game is so fast and there's a block to get the ball but I find the officiating on the matter extremely inconsistent.

Basically refs favour one team. Numerous times I see Australia get pinned immediately, hand on ball for a single second. If Australia pin their opponent the ref penalises them for some other arbitrary reason while in sat there screaming that the opposition can't release.

Don't get me started on red cards for natural tackle momentum hitting the chin or head. Ridiculous rule. The yellow card for dropping an intercept is a joke. You should be able to hinder attack however you please and a scrum will ensue.
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Rugby Union always confused the hell out of me (with the rucks and mauls, basically) - we had a group of Tongans/Samoans/Fijians at school who really wanted to play in the school comps (private school in rural NSW) like the cousins/mates in the public system, so about 6 or 7 of us got together so they could get a full squad to play - and that was always the bit that I still don't get.
 
12 phases for a turnover. FFS wallabies maybe that should be a yellow card.

Lions score again. 13 jogging along behind.
 
Try taken back for double movement which I thought was blatantly obvious at the outset.
 
Fucking bullshit. Wallaby defender with two feet planted and grabs ball and ref shouts 'off feet'. Blind!
 
Great try Wallabies. How it should be.
 
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