Care enough to complain/be unhappy if NHL players are in the Olympics
Oh, sure, the people who care enough about the Olympics to think the NHL not going is a big deal is fairly slim
because the NHL itself is not that popular.
The Olympics themselves are very popular.
Same could be said about Big Bang Theory, NCIS and NFL Sunday Night Football
And?
I'm pointing out you fundamentally misunderstood the statistics you are attempting to argue against.
(Also, no, you can't say the same thing about the Big Bang Theory, being a 22 minute self-contained sit com, against an Olympics quickly switching between different events)
I get it, it's "good" for" TV but the vast majority of adults in North America are NOT watching TV every night
And nobody said otherwise.
This isn't the same as claiming no one cares about the Olympics.
Some posters are trying to explain to me (you being one of them) how important the Olympics are, and how bad the NHL is for not stopping their business and paying for their players to risk injury because the Olympics are so important and because the Olympics are so important Americans are going to care that NHL players aren't there.....and I'm saying they don't (and if it turns out there's no NHL players, I'm saying few will care)
I never argued any of that- and I only have to say this because you directly accused me of such.
I only jumped in because you claimed that most Americans don't care about the Olympics- which is laughably untrue.
I think the problem here is that you are extrapolating your own opinions and attitudes (having admitted to not watching television/owning cable) to ~320 million people in a different country, as seen here:
It computes because TV shows don't matter, they're a meaningless diversion that a small fraction of adults pay attention to
The Olympics are about as important as a "sit com" or a regular season football game (and I think more Americans care about Big Bang Theory and NFL football than the Olympics)
That's not true: you're comparing a weekly 30 minute television show, in prime time, to 3-4 hours, nightly, oft tape delayed, for two weeks every 4 years.
Do you think the Big Bang Theory could bring in 19 million (it's highest rated season) per episode if it aired 3-4 hours a night?