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Wiener: High school star Mac McClung will reach the NBA despite skeptics

“I would say that most of the basketball population does not believe he's going to go to the NBA. I do, because I'm a supporter.”

Zach Wiener Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:43 a16z Podcast | Eyeballs on the Game

Assertion Supported

Horowitz: College football per-game TV ratings surpass NBA ratings

“The college football Television ratings are much higher than NBA ratings for, you know, any given game.”

Ben Horowitz Jan 13, 2024 ▶ 1:26:53 Crisis in Higher Ed & Why Universities Still Matter

Assertion Supported

Seven-foot American males have a 25% chance of playing in the NBA

“If you're a seven foot tall American male, you have roughly a 25% chance of playing in the National Basketball Association. If you are a six-six, which again, is really tall, you have like a .2% chance of playing in the NBA.”

Mark McClusky Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 54:53 a16z Podcast | Sports, Tech, and What We Can All Learn from the Latest Performance Science

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Chen: Average MLB viewer is late 50s; NBA average is 42

“Baseball, it's like you have the audience that is, you know, now in their kind of like late fifties you know, NFL, you know, NBA is, I think, like, you know, really young at, you know, 42 or something like that.”

Andrew Chen Jun 7, 2019 ▶ 7:57 What's Next for Esports Startups

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