Not All About The Stars
The NBA all-star game was just played this past weekend. It is a chance for the best basketball players in the country to come together and play on a team with or against each other. It has been a tradition that we continue to play every year. But as I was asking people about this game, many failed to watch it that Sunday night. One would think that you would want to watch a game full of the most talented players showing off their skills on the court. But it isn’t about the skill or players that isn’t attracting viewers. It seems that the fact that the players don’t take this game very seriously. The competition of the game should be high but the players don’t try as hard as people think that they ought to. This game also has very little meaning in the grand scheme of the year. It doesn’t effect a title or championship for them because it isn’t their regular team. Russell Westbrook was the top performer of the night with 25 points in one half. This was an expected outcome that people aren’t surprised happened.
Maybe it is that the game lacks drama or isn’t enticing people to watch for its’ lack of drawing the viewers in. We tend to be interested in where a scandal could happen or something crazy goes down. This games are always very tame and seem to be the same thing every time we watch them. It doesn’t matter how famous the people are, if they have seen them play all year on their regular team there is nothing that would make someone want to watch them play with other players, unless you are just a huge fan of course.
The game itself seems to be a fun tradition for the players where they get to compete to see which part of the United States has the best players. But the lack of defense or heart has skewed the results of that. People are attracted to heart, to fight, to something contagious. This game has players that show some of that, but then have others that show little to no effort because this game doesn’t really matter. How different it would look if the stakes were higher. If the game meant something huge to these guys. Overall the game is something that huge sports fans will watch when it is on. But if there is another game on or an important sports interview, this game will be the first thing switched on the TV. We like an underdog story or a team that has little to no chance winning this game. That isn’t the statistics in this game. If they are wanting more people to watch then they will have to change little aspects which may be impossible to accomplish. But if they can change anything, make it more fun for viewers. We already know that these players are good, so make them do cool tricks to spice things up. Maybe then this game will not be someone’s second choice when channel surfing.
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