You're going to see more articles like this. There's a narrative on the political right where they want people to think that Athletes standing up for justice will be detrimental to ratings. In fact you'll see them either minimize or misrepresent the impact of the pandemic to further that narrative. One thing, the fact that "people are home" and thus should be watching sports, isn't exactly accurate. People are home due to the pandemic, and the resulting economic/job catastrophe, and social upheaval, folks have other things to concern themselves besides the leisure activity of watching sports on TV. I mean if your job is in a twist behind the pandemic, you have other priorities than having cable tv, and watching sports.
But again, you're gonna see media reports that want to promote the idea that gestures or actions by players are causing the decline.
So, what might you think the NBA Bubble ratings are compared to MLB?
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