[lern_too_spel]

You can put a basketball game on anywhere in the world, and people will watch it, even if they haven't watched basketball before. People only watch baseball out of tradition. MLB didn't even have a play clock until 2023, letting batters step out of the box at whim and create even longer periods with no action.

[paulcole]

> You can put a basketball game on anywhere in the world, and people will watch it, even if they haven't watched basketball before

What the heck is this confident assertion based on?

[lern_too_spel]

From showing basketball to people who haven't watched a basketball game before.

[parineum]

But what if I have watched basketball and I don't watch it. Basketball is a boring game until there's 5 minutes left.

[sib]

And then it takes 30 minutes to play the last 5 minutes... ugh.

[lern_too_spel]

Baseball is twice as long and boring to most people all the way through, so we seem to be in agreement.

[daedrdev]

Uhh basketball has plenty of issues, like 6 timeouts in the last two minutes, way to many 3s, traveling everywhere that make it hard to watch.

[lern_too_spel]

How do three pointers or uncalled fouls make a game hard to watch? If anything, they make it easier for a first time watcher. Timeouts in the last few minutes happen only when the game is close, prolonging the suspense. If the game isn't close, it ends faster.

[paulcole]

Just checkin’

[98codes]

Source: Trust me bro