In a poll on Yahoo Sports with 22,266 responses, people were asked why they thought the NBA's ratings had dropped off. "Player protests/politics" was the overwhelming favorite, at 61%.
Gold has found at least a short-term double bottom at 1851. It has since bounced to 1935 as I type. Yet no major resistance has been broken, and therefore today I am going to focus on the parameters to signal whether the bottom is in or lower lows are ahead.