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re: expansion:

this was interesting to me:

this guy is paid a lot of money to know what his product is, so i find the precise phrasing here peculiar. i wonder if we all agree on this. i can assume that the league has done some research to support the idea that what people want is good competition (as opposed to good basketball). i've always considered myself more into the latter. like i'm sure college wrestling is GREAT competition, but i've never wanted to watch it nor enjoyed it when i accidentally watched it.

 

Completely agree.

And yeah, it could work out well for Denver if they are willing to work with us a bit. I'd think the odds of that were higher with Malone gone but we will see.

 

That sounds a bit dangerous to me if I'm being honest.

I would think the product still needs to be at a certain level for fans to be happy with it precisely for that reason. I enjoy college basketball but a lot of people don't because the play on the court isn't as good. I think the overall ratings of the different products reflects that.

With rumors of a rival league from deep pockets in other countries continuing to swirl, I'm not sure you want to dilute your product like that. Maybe the play is to take away more of the potential talent a rival league could pull from but still. Seems risky even though I think Vegas and Seattle will certainly support a team.

Those are my immediate thoughts on it and it could all be off. Definitely something to watch.