Where did BLM go in sports?

obnitn wrote:

What kind of BLM promotions were in the Stanley Cup Finals? The Preakness? The US Open final round?

Yeah, and those are all historically racists sports. Hockey may be the most racist sport the world has ever seen.

obnitn wrote:

What kind of BLM promotions were in the Stanley Cup Finals? The Preakness? The US Open final round?

I watch a lot of sports and never feel like I’m being preached to by ignorant babies - seems like a false argument.

Hockey had players kneeling for the National Anthem. Turned off many views.

Preakness: "The pro-secessionist state song, “Maryland, My Maryland,” will not be played as race organizers embrace the social justice messages that have swept American sports."

obnitn wrote:

What kind of BLM promotions were in the Stanley Cup Finals? The Preakness? The US Open final round?

I watch a lot of sports and never feel like I’m being preached to by ignorant babies - seems like a false argument.

US Open:

Kaep is out the league and Reid is out the league. No agent in their right mind would tell their client to kneel. So now it is pretty much off the field where it belongs (just like any other off field activism). Now that it is affecting the athlete’s earnings (the owners were taking a hit all along), it is no longer as prevalent. Pro sports is an entertainment industry, and white shaming is not entertaining.

Ignore main stream media wrote:

obnitn wrote:

What kind of BLM promotions were in the Stanley Cup Finals? The Preakness? The US Open final round?

I watch a lot of sports and never feel like I’m being preached to by ignorant babies - seems like a false argument.

Hockey had players kneeling for the National Anthem. Turned off many views.

Preakness: "The pro-secessionist state song, “Maryland, My Maryland,” will not be played as race organizers embrace the social justice messages that have swept American sports."

How would you know that players kneeled during the Stanley Cup finals if you didn’t watch? I didn’t see any, but I don’t care to try to search such a thing out.

I’ve never heard any songs played while watching a horse race other than call to post.

What are you grasping at? Ratings are down and people are telling you why they are not watching.

men go husk wrote:

What are you grasping at? Ratings are down and people are telling you why they are not watching.

Ratings are down in all sports, regardless of how much BLM support the sport promotes. That is my point.

Corphlough wrote:

obnitn wrote:

What kind of BLM promotions were in the Stanley Cup Finals? The Preakness? The US Open final round?

Yeah, and those are all historically racists sports. Hockey may be the most racist sport the world has ever seen.

Hockey is not racist, few to no blacks because they don't handle the cold well. Saying that because they always seem to be wearing hoodies, even while driving. While else would they be wearing them inside?

chauz wrote:

Covid requires people to stay home. Shouldn’t there be an increase of sports viewership?

Not when you have to spend all day helping your kids with classwork then all night helping your kids with homework

Sports are on weekends and evenings. Why are you spending more time helping with homework than you would if they had in person school?

The blue graph below represents the world series. The red one represents NBA finals. As you can see, TV ratings for both sports have been falling precipitously since 1995. Yet they both keep signing larger and larger contracts. So all these delusional right wingers who think the NBA will suffer financially due to protests must think again. What will hurt the league is the fact that they can't sell tickets anymore because of Covid

https://awfulannouncing.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2013/11/wsnbafinalsratings.png

And its funny how opposing racism is now considered marxist in right wing circles. Thats the whacky world we live in

men go husk wrote:

Sports are on weekends and evenings. Why are you spending more time helping with homework than you would if they had in person school?

Nope

In fact one of the reasons NBA ratings plummetted is that games were being played at 1pm or 3pm or 4pm on a weekday

And many start times were 10:30 pm. After an entire days stressed out with your kids homework you just want to sleep

I posted the wrong schedule. Note several weekday games starting at 1:30 pm because of Covid

https://kentuckysportsradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/EffarzmXsAUK-u8.jpeg

The professional sports bubble is collapsing. The billionaires will do anything to prop up their franchises (whether it's Breonna Taylor or Minnie Mouse embroidered on the uniforms), but behind the scenes they are desperately searching for the exits (there are none). The millionaires are exceptionally talented in a very narrow niche of human endeavor. Forthcoming contract negotiations are going to disappoint them mightily.

Drumroll wrote:

And its funny how opposing racism is now considered marxist in right wing circles. Thats the whacky world we live in

Dude, racism is worse than covid or famine or poverty. Don't let the Alt right ever alter your voice!

bobbie hull wrote:

Corphlough wrote:

Yeah, and those are all historically racists sports. Hockey may be the most racist sport the world has ever seen.

Hockey is not racist, few to no blacks because they don't handle the cold well. Saying that because they always seem to be wearing hoodies, even while driving. While else would they be wearing them inside?

Are you seriously denying that hockey is not a racist sport? The statistics don't lie.

Badder than bad wrote:

How do you explain it is the better question since people are at home more than before? So viewership should be up across the board but people are not watching sports as much because they view athletes as uninformed and ungrateful. Many of us lump all athletes together in that respect regardless of the color of their skin. Surprising to some of you I am sure. So the athletes preaching to their viewers are ruining it for all athletes.

Why were the 2020 DNC and RNC convention ratings significantly down? Even the fist presidential debate of 2020 was 13% lower than the first presidential debate of 2016.