Why I gave up watching pro football, by Daniel Ruth

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6. I thinking it's starting to slip in the ratings

Last season's ratings slipped from over exposure IMO.

And the NBA is becoming more and more popular. Since the Warriors v Cavs rivalry materialized, the hot-stove league, if you will for basketball news has exploded on ESPN.

There are several different daily segments on NBA off-season moves, whereas before, those segments would be devoted more to football.

Baseball of course has continued to dwindle in popularity because, ironically, of what saved it before in the late 1990s and early 2000s — the home run.

And by that I mean the proliferation of home runs and nothing else.

Articles have been written about how nothing happens in baseball now because of the new uppercut swing that is now taught.

It results in either big home runs or strike outs so nothing much happens in between.

Poor baseball. It's prisoner to it's historic numbers and reluctant to change because of them, thus being the most poorly promoted and least well-run of all our major sports.