NBA Screwed?: James Leaning Towards Heat

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Originally Posted by mredskins

Still it is a huge dealt it is almost as big as the NBA's entire season (1144 games), consider the regular season and if you played ever playoff series to 7 games. That is a lot more opportunity for more revenue for the MLB.

MLB

15 x 162 2430
7 series x 7 49

2479 total games

NBA
15x 82 1230
15 series x 7 105

1335 total games


I leaning towards Matty's TV ratings as a better gauge.

Right but like I said, NBA ticket prices are much much higher. Helps makes up for the fewer games.

Revenue is by far the better measure, it shows what the fans are willing to pay to consume the product. The price of the ticket is going to change based on the demand for the seats, the supply of the seats, and the supply of the games. It says something that MLB is able to sell the tickets they do to 162 games, it shows demand for the product is higher than the NBA. Because if demand for the NBA's product were higher, they'd either build bigger arenas or raise the ticket prices to generate more revenue.

It is business after all. Supply & demand drives everything, the revenue generated is ultimately supported by fan interest.