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Why is Pro Basketball dying?
Posted on 1/27/11 at 8:33 am
Posted on 1/27/11 at 8:33 am
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Posted on 1/27/11 at 8:34 am to cwill
too high % of minorities
watered down league
watered down league
Posted on 1/27/11 at 8:34 am to KosmoCramer
they need to raise the rim to about 15 ft.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 8:35 am to cwill
the owners have allowed salaries to get too high
they've also tried to leech onto corporate sponsorship to support teams locally instead of fans, which affects attendance and the ability of the common fan to attend games
they've also tried to leech onto corporate sponsorship to support teams locally instead of fans, which affects attendance and the ability of the common fan to attend games
Posted on 1/27/11 at 8:36 am to KosmoCramer
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too high % of minorities
watered down league
If the NBA dissolved today I would not even know it was gone.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 8:36 am to SlowFlowPro
Music during action. That what ruins it for me. I'm serious.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 8:37 am to SlowFlowPro
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the owners have allowed salaries to get too high
If the NBA weren't dying and people purchased tickets and filled the stadiums the salaries wouldn't be an issue. Do you think the owners did not calculate the economics on the salaries at all? They made an assumption of popularity of the sport, ticket and merchandise sales and then paid the players. They obviously miscalculated.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 8:50 am to cwill
well i don't believe 17 franchises are losing money, to begin. creative accounting always shows up during lockout talks
but to "keep up with the joneses" teams have kept payin players more than they're worth
the first major lockout in the 90s dealt with this, then owners couldn't help themselves and kept on doin it (with "max" contracts)
but to "keep up with the joneses" teams have kept payin players more than they're worth
the first major lockout in the 90s dealt with this, then owners couldn't help themselves and kept on doin it (with "max" contracts)
Posted on 1/27/11 at 8:53 am to SlowFlowPro
shitty players make way to much in the NBA, if you have a pulse you get 8 mil a year
Posted on 1/27/11 at 8:53 am to SlowFlowPro
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they've also tried to leech onto corporate sponsorship to support teams locally instead of fans, which affects attendance and the ability of the common fan to attend games
This has always struck me as sort of a fool's bargain in the long run for professional sports franchises.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 8:56 am to SlowFlowPro
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well i don't believe 17 franchises are losing money, to begin. creative accounting always shows up during lockout talks
This news of NBA teams losing money has been out there for a while - it didn't just show up this year.
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the first major lockout in the 90s dealt with this, then owners couldn't help themselves and kept on doin it (with "max" contracts)
Are you saying that if teams were successful in selling out stadiums, boxes and selling merch that the contracts are so outrageous they'd still be losing money? Face it, the NBA is losing because of its fading popularity.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 9:10 am to cwill
Get rid of the T-Wolves and the Raptors IMO.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 9:12 am to cwill
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Why is Pro Basketball dying?
Because it's fricking boring. Just my opinion, of course, but basketball on TV is terrible. I'm sure it's more fun live, but I have way better things to spend my money on.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 9:14 am to PortCityTiger24
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Get rid of the T-Wolves and the Raptors IMO.
Both teams have decent attendance given how horrible they are and have been for a while
If anyone gets contracted, I think it'll be Sacramento. Small market that can't draw is a bad combo
Posted on 1/27/11 at 9:16 am to cwill
The 'Golden age' of basketball was the 90's. There just isn't the same interest - everything is compared to the players and the games back then. It just isn't the same for casual fans like me. I'll still watch 3/4 of a few Celtics games a year, but there just isn't the same interest. Also, it's fing expensive to get tix.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 9:17 am to usc6158
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If anyone gets contracted, I think it'll be Sacramento. Small market that can't draw is a bad combo
I think they are going to be on the move...KC or Vegas.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 9:19 am to barry
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shitty players make way to much in the NBA, if you have a pulse you get 8 mil a year
the combo of guarenteed contracts and a hard cap make this even worse. teams get stuck with those guys.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 9:22 am to cwill
Grizzlies not one of those teams.
Only thing we have to be proud about
Only thing we have to be proud about
Posted on 1/27/11 at 9:24 am to cwill
here is one reason
the knicks, who since 1946 have won 2 titles, the last in 1973, and who have only played for 2 since then, are the most valuable team in the league per Forbes
wins and losses dont seem to matter, its the advertising market potential
the knicks, who since 1946 have won 2 titles, the last in 1973, and who have only played for 2 since then, are the most valuable team in the league per Forbes
wins and losses dont seem to matter, its the advertising market potential
Posted on 1/27/11 at 9:29 am to LSUMJ
To many games and teams...Real basketball doesn't start until the playoffs.
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