I think bg and brawls is leaning toward the right direction. I believe everything that has a rated pvp stamp in wow is unpopular now. especially when players in need of competition have a lot more games to play now. there can be still be arenas for fun/rewards, solo queues and ranking.
I believe that the sole reasons why there's some players in that is :
-rewards, which have nothing to do with rated pvp itself
-boost and real money boosts, which also have nothing to do with rated pvp
I like the rewards. but I think rated pvp with so called seasons is a dead branch.
what do you think ?