maybe to you yea, but not rest of the world. all star game airing in 215 countries, basketball fastest growing sport in the world, huge nba following in europe. they re-air nba games in italy because the demand is so high. basketball is a global game, like soccer. it would only make sense to expand internationally. hell, nba is huge in china to.
i wouldnt say its dying. espn wouldnt pay over a billion for nba rights if they thought it was dying. the interest, or ratings we go by to determine arn't as high because of no new york, big market or whatever finals. you see the red sox/rockies series, the ratings were similar to the cavs/spurs series.
nba also has the most popular athletes as a whole compared to other sports.
nba also has the most popular athletes as a whole compared to other sports.
It's nothing like soccer as there is nothing like soccer. Soccer is a religion to many areas of the world.
That doesn't mean many people watched it. When they talking about numbers they generally mean the potential audience, and actual audience is only a fraction of that.
Football, no matter the type, is king in most countries.
