One More NBA Disaster: All-star Game Lapped by Daytona 500 TV Ratings

This year’s Daytona 500 served up yet another embarrassment for the NBA, smashing the league’s all-star game in the television ratings. Michael Mulvihill from Fox Sports, executive vice-president, stated that television viewers preferred NASCAR Racing over the NBA All-Star Game by a staggering 41 percent. 

That’s the largest gap between the two sporting events in five years, Mulvihill revealed. 

NBA fans who claim that the NBA all-star team also competed with the Olympics should take note of the Genocide Games’ terrible ratings. 

This year’s all-star game had the second lowest ratings of all time, beating only last year’s dismal figure. And that followed the NBA’s 2020 social justice eruption, which heavily damaged league approval. 

Outkick blogger Bobby Burack responded by writing, “NASCAR is quietly experiencing significant year-over-year growth. FOX’s half of the NASCAR season, through two events, is up 94%. 

“I, too, choose NASCAR over LeBron.” 

I’ll add to that by saying the latest smackdown of the NBA is indicative of its dying approval rating, if not its very brand. 38 million people watched the NBA Finals in 1998. Now the NBA’s television audience is a mere pittance of what it used to be. 

How long can this league engage in stupidity and foolishness before it says “no, mas” and gives up the social justice? Does it stand up against communist China Black Lives Matter, a Marxist Organization. It’s like the person unknowingly wearing the “kick-me” message of the back of its shirt. 

This is exactly what you get with a weak commissioner like Adam Silver. It’s what you get when you have LeBron James as the so-called “face” of the league and turning it into a get out the vote organization for Democrats. It’s the end result of a league that celebrates criminals like Jacob Blake and boycotts playoff games, as it did two seasons ago. 

It’s really no surprise that League “Woke” is killing off its fan base and isn’t concerned about it. This was the crown jewel of its all-star team. Now it’s a yawn and a distant thought in the back of the mind of sports fans with the tv clicker in hand. 

It is worth noting that there was once a bitter rivalry between Eastern Conference and Western Conference all-stars. For fans and players alike, it was serious business. Now it’s a joke.

This year, it was Team LeBron James and Team Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant. They were captains and held a draft of players for each team. The teams were then divided and interspersed with players from the other conferences. James is a disaster as the “face” of the NBA, and the all-star game’s new format is a genuine loser. What does it matter if James’ squad beat Durant?

The Daytona 500, on the other hand was a meaningful event.