[Rankin] ... Kevin Durant continuing to address #NBA viewership being down. "I take this serious. I'm locked in as to why people don't want to watch us play."

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u/jldtsu Mavericks 1d ago

too expensive and convoluted to watch games for the average consumer. I pay a 17 dollar subscription to watch one team and 100% of the games aren't even available on it. The fact that I'm willing to pay that puts me in a small minority. Majority of people would scoff at it.

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u/WhyIsBreadExpensive 1d ago

100% agree with you. Cost & availability is the barrier to entry for a lot of folks. Stuff is getting wildly expensive nowadays. Not alot of casual fans are willing to pay for a NBA specific streaming service.

Curious how the Suns market sees viewership numbers now that they are doing local broadcast for their games.

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u/QuietRainyDay 1d ago

Maybe one day these dumbass corporations will realize they cant all charge premium prices for all their products

Everyone expects middle class people to pay top dollar for literally everything- sports, streaming, cars, coffee, toilet paper.

No one is interested in making things accessible and affordable on a mass scale. Every overpaid executives want to sell whatever they are peddling at 30% profit margin.

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u/Slap_the_Goose Pelicans 1d ago

Arizona Tea is still 99 cents.

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u/troniked547 1d ago

Its the private vs publicly traded corporation issue. Basically everything wrong with this country today can be traced back to the short term quarterly earnings growth objective. I always use in and out vs mcdonalds to illustrate this. IN and Out is a lot cheaper for a family of 4 than mcdonalds, but they have better food, more and higher paid employees, and way better service.

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u/trail-g62Bim 1d ago

They'll realize that when it isn't profitable anymore. NBA money is still going up.

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u/diagoro1 Clippers 1d ago

Yep, the same with concert tickets. At some point only the wealthy will be able to afford the live experience, sports or music.