southsider2k5 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-chicago-white-sox-cubs-exhibition-ratings-20200721-c7h7zqc5knclxpsizb7w7jm2hu-story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Makes sense. The team has been bad since 2012, you had Cubs fans also tuning in (Sox/Cubs of course) and there hasn't been baseball (minus Spring Training) in like 10 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2020/06/05/mlb-biggest-sports-loser-during-covid-19-pandemic/3154841001/ I actually think (televised) baseball will be fine. It works better than FB and BB without massive crowd noise, and the amount of physical contact is so much less than those two sports...plus the huge number of players/coaches/staff required for football. They’re already cancelling non-conference games like Iowa-Iowa State. There’s really a huge hunger for any type of live sports now, the golf challenge with Woods/Mickelson/Brady/Manning just reinforced that. Golf is also well-suited, imo. “A polite ovation of golf claps is in order as the PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament, which won a quiet Sunday night in the ratings. The tournament, which aired on CBS, delivered a 0.5 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 5.25 million viewers.“ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 This is still a bit surprising to me, but Sunday night primetime guess it makes sense. Would have guessed the Eloy-cubs game last year would have been similar. Seemed like that was pretty hyped with chance to hit .500 and it being sox/cubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Nice, now STFU for a day JR and negotiate the next TV teal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnin' two Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 2 hours ago, bmags said: This is still a bit surprising to me, but Sunday night primetime guess it makes sense. Would have guessed the Eloy-cubs game last year would have been similar. Seemed like that was pretty hyped with chance to hit .500 and it being sox/cubs. Yeah, but there were probably a lot of cub fans that didn't have access to their channel so they had to watch the Sox broadcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeaseAndExist Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 2 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said: Nice, now STFU for a day JR and negotiate the next TV teal. I'm pretty sure their current TV deal runs for at least a few more seasons. So by the time JR could negotiate a new deal the pandemic will be over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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