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I think these leagues, perhaps the NBA more than other leagues, have this platonic ideal of a fan that lives in middle America, owns his home, is married, makes good money, is white, etc. So they're constantly walking this tightrope between trying to attract this fan and keeping the predominately black players appeased.I've never seen a sport where fans boo'd when a scuffle or fight broke out.
But yet these leagues will try to tell you fans hate seeing it.
I think that's why the dress code came about and why the reaction to the malice in the palace was so strong; they're worried about scaring away this platonic ideal of a fan. But for a lot of these people there's nothing that's going to get them to watch short of a cornfrd whiteboy balling out on some CC shyt.