jope
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There is also cultural factors. When I go to Bundesliga games a lot more fans use public transportation and a lot more fans drink. Soccer has more of a tailgating atmosphere that the NBA simply does not have. The NBA has a more TV friendly game as well. I've always wondered if the NBA would look better on TV if the venues were smaller, more intimate, with a lot more raucous. Heck, I had season tickets to the Jazz for two years (nose-bleeds) and I would often wonder if watching it on the TV was better. The only reason I held on to the tickets was because there was nothing quite like playoff atmosphere.
This ^^
Unless you have good seats, the NBA is almost always more enjoyable to watch from your couch. I bet there are other factors as well. Some teams charge way too much for the product they put out, oh and also EPL only play 38 games per season. Same argument for the NFL. Less games means less over-saturation and more incentive to catch the game.
Along those lines...
82 nba games with the average attendance of 17,319 (statista) multiplied by 15 (30 teams/2 teams per game) gives you around 21.7 million tickets sold per regular season.
38 EPL games with the average attendance at
40,410 (statista) multiplied by 10 (20 teams/2 teams per game) gives you around 15.3 million tickets sold per regular season.
Not sure of my math since it’s 6am and I need my coffee still but the nba actually sells more tickets than EPL. Just a matter of the TV product and the sheer number of nba games
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