Yes, that's why I said largely down because there's always going to be exceptions. Which is why it broke a record from 2020 and not 2023Is that so?
ESPN Delivers Record Viewership Across College Football Playoff and New Year’s Six
ESPN’s premier presentation of the College Football Playoff and New Year’s Six reached multi-year viewership highs and record audience..espnpressroom.com
The more people that watch, the higher the value of the broacastng rights, the higher the payouts to the schools. No?
I think you misunderstood my point. I’m not saying the talent level is higher now, I’m saying it’s a better product with much better ball movement, less iso, and rule changes that have made the product much better (e.g. the restricted zone).
Too bad you can't filter for this year's or last year's team.
Do you like watching Euroleague basketball over the NBA too?
Last years team is under UConn not Connecticut, it’s weird for instance there’s BYU then Brigham Young. This years teams should be available the week of the tourney.
Also, more people watch and care about your team and players being dominant.
The Wolverines’ first national title in nearly three decades ranks as a top 15 cable telecast all-time and the fourth-best non-NFL sports telecast since 2018.
Yep, you posted an opinion piece that talks about the writer's opinion on why late March Madness #'s are down, it doesn't even align with your opinions in post #26 which I responded to. I gave you my opinion on why those numbers are down.
The bigs are different today and yes I'll take several recent bigs over all those guys except for AD.
Why do I care about the value of broadcast rights? As long as college athletics are tethered to football none of this matters one whit.
Just go rewatch that title game and then come talk to me. It’s ugly offense, half the defense is dudes just trying to draw charges. It’s just not an aesthetically pleasing product compared to what we have today. No idea what that has to do with Euro vs NBA.
Personally, i don’t care as much about watching really good offense as i do about watching special talent.
Then you shouldnt watch college hoops. Like Calhoun once said. “In college you root for the front of the jerseys in the nba you root for the back. “ And that was in an era when players stayed 3-4 years! My favorite sports team for 40 years has been the people wearing Connecticut across the front. Didn’t and doesn’t matter “ special talent” lololol.
Your comp is nonsensical. The NBA is a better product than Euro and has better talent. I get that you’d rather watch star players than better basketball, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a better product now.
He's already admitted he doesn't even watch college basketball outside UConn. Yet he's the expert and we should all listen to his opinion on how bad the game is
He doesn't watch college basketball.
Don’t they run better offense in Europe though? That’s why the NBA has been trying to emulate it.
I too love UConn and it makes me really proud all the stars we’ve been able to produce with our jersey on. It makes us really fun to watch.
Why does not watching todays game stretched to not knowing general basketball?
