Pension Plan Puppets · Jun 16, 2019
Back to Excited: Episode 65 - The Champs Are Here
Photo by Kyle Terada-Pool/Getty ImagesWelcome back to another episode of Back to Excited. Today, we do things a little differently and talk about the Raptors and the NBA as a whole, discussing why the latter is more appealing on a national level and what the NHL can do in order to make their game as accessible as possible to new fans.
Specifically, we discuss:
The Raps winning and their takeover of Toronto [1:15]
Viewership differences between the NBA and NHL, and the systemic differences in the sports that make the former more easily marketed, and how the NHL’s culture may be impeding it [6:54]
The upsides and downsides of the NBAs heavy emphasis on stars/personalities above teams [20:15]