Sure, and I imagine that’s a big part of it too. From what I understand all professional sports are having difficulties gaining traction with the Gen Z demographic, but baseball is especially hard-hit (their recent rule changes to try and increase the pace of games may have done something to help with this, I haven’t seen any data about it).
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And they’re all doing the same nonsense with making it annoying to watch. I’m not asserting that I’m definitely right or anything. I haven’t done anything resembling actual analysis of the trend. Intuitively though, given my own experiences with the prospect of following a sport I enjoy or not, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was just the leagues offering poor value to a demographic that hasn’t been locked in to the sport yet.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Sure, and I’m not disagreeing that being able to engage with professional sports at all is a big factor. I think there’s more at play here than just that.