Shaquille O’Neal pinpoints biggest reason for NBA’s TV audience decline
Shaquille O’Neal believes he has identified the biggest reason for the recent decline in NBA TV ratings. As covered in recent stories by Awful Announcing and Front Office Sports, the start to the NBA season has languished with viewers since opening night.
The biggest reason behind NBA's brutal viewership ratings decline
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Shaquille O'Neal Blames NBA's Declining Viewership on Overuse of Three-Point Shots
As NBA viewership drops, Shaquille O'Neal argues that the league’s obsession with three-pointers is making the game repetitive and predictable.
Shaq has a theory on why NBA television viewership is down
The television ratings for NBA games in the United States have hit new lows, reports Front Office Sports. Last week's primetime games on TNT and ESPN saw huge viewership declines compared to games from the same juncture last season.
Shaquille O'Neal blames NBA's declining viewership on three-point shooting: "We're looking at the same thing"
While Commissioner Adam Silver and his boys are still trying to figure it out, Shaquille O'Neal already has a suspect. "I have a theory that it's down because we're looking at the same thing," said "Diesel" on the latest episode of The Big Podcast.
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Why the NBA’s early-season ratings don’t matter
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NBC's NBA Deal Costs More Than Its NFL Package. Yes, It Makes Sense.
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Locker’s new ‘Leagues’ DFS format will reach a larger target audience
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Morehouse College, Tuskegee University to play in 2025 HBCU Classic
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NBA MVP odds, including any Milwaukee Bucks players in the 2024-25 season
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NBA Fans Are Concerned After Viewership Continues To Decline, Yet To Find A Successor Of LeBron James, Kevin Durant, And Steph Curry To Attract Audience
This NBA season kicked off with plenty of excitement, but reports now suggest that the viewership is declining as the games progress. All teams have played more than six games so far, but fan interest ...