The NBA has tentatively reached an agreement to end their lockout. The agreement, if approved, would start the season on Christmas day. All of this is according to ESPN. I'm sure we'll hear more about this as the story progresses.
We almost got away with no NBA season and how glorious would that have been? Further more, if they do reach this agreement, why would they start on Christmas day? How horrible of an idea is that? Why not just start on New Year's Day and play later into the calendar year? It'll give them more time to get back in shape. I understand that they have played games on Christmas for years and years, but they have been just two or three marque games and are meant to draw a huge amount of numbers and television numbers, but are they going to have every team play?
Outside of the fact that they are starting to play, how many fans did they lose with this lockout? There are going to be the die hard fans that will watch regardless of the lockout, but what about the fans that are just casual? It will take a long time to get those fans back. Baseball and hockey both dealt with it after their lockouts and it took years and years to get the fans back. Basketball will deal with it too. The arenas will be filled from time to time and for teams that are really good, but the teams that are bad, their arenas will be emptier than they would have been if the season was not in a lockout.
You know, I think that they should just cancel the season and do nothing but train for next year. It's the best for everyone involved.
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