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    Quote Originally Posted by cajuns80 View Post
    The NBA salary cap is not going up. The China/Houston situation is way more than $3m
    The salary cap is going up from this to next. Yes, its going up. The $3 million number I used was meant to be per team as they broke down the estimated loss and averaged it out per team. That is an estimate of course. The cap for this year is $109 million. Next year, it will be at $115 million. The "decline" that everyone keeps mentioning and where they are wrong is that the previous estimate had the new cap over $116 million. The reduction in the future estimate is perceived to be through the debacle that occurred in China and subsequent lost revenue. All of a sudden, the game is dead.......

  2. #98

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    Quote Originally Posted by crazycajun View Post
    Crossing half court and throwing up a shot is not an offense. If the nba was doing so well here why do they need to go to China? Why would they feel the need to defend China so much? And condemn one of their own for talking about people’s freedoms? Because they would be up ___ creek without their money. It’s ok, we probably won’t agree on this, doesn’t really matter.
    They don't need China. However, everyone with a successful and growing sport knows that the best way to increase your value is to grow your brand. How do you do that? You grow it across the globe. Being one of the most populated and richest cultures, its a natural fit. Also, the merchandise sales of NBA in China is another reason as they have some of the highest sales in the world. Their people are fans of the game and league.

    You're right, we won't agree. You think the offense is throw the ball up when you cross half court. You obviously don't watch much of the game. Perhaps your baseball should take a few pointers in trying to create excitement. The problem with baseball is that by increasing the offensive output, you are likely increasing the time of an already brutally long game.

    The funny part is that if you thought the NBA of the 90's was actually better ball, you'd be in the minority. Games in the 80's and all isolation game. The game style of today is very similar with what it was back when you may have been a fan like I was in the 80's. Lakers and Celtics games were 120-110 or more.

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    How many players on our roster can make a 15 foot jumper consistently?


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  5. #101

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajun_lannister View Post
    MLB ____ty Tv contracts is what is holding the leauge back ...I am able to watch division 3 Eastern European but not the Astros .

    It's the main reason baseball has no mega stars on par with the NBA or NFL
    Maybe because you live within the TV viewing area of the Astros. If you really want to watch the Astros, subscribe to a TV provider that has the station they play on.

    I'm sure MLB has done the math and the TV contracts are not holding them back. Not financially at least.

  6. #102

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    Quote Originally Posted by RaisingCajun08 View Post
    Maybe because you live within the TV viewing area of the Astros. If you really want to watch the Astros, subscribe to a TV provider that has the station they play on.

    I'm sure MLB has done the math and the TV contracts are not holding them back. Not financially at least.
    AT&T sports on Uverse and offer no stand-alone way of viewing and not spending $150 a month on it when I can watch every Saints and Pelicans game on Hulu Live for $40.

    MLB has never figured out how to market themselves like NFL and NBA, why Trout & José Altuve are not household names and Lebron and Rogers are

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...ld-series.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajun_lannister View Post
    AT&T sports on Uverse and offer no stand-alone way of viewing and not spending $150 a month on it when I can watch every Saints and Pelicans game on Hulu Live for $40.

    MLB has never figured out how to market themselves like NFL and NBA, why Trout & José Altuve are not household names and Lebron and Rogers are

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...ld-series.html
    I recall reading an article that states Trout doesn’t WANT to be a major name and repeatedly turns down opportunities to grow his name/brand...which with that said, anyone with half a brain and has ANY inkling of interest in baseball knows who and what Trout is

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    Quote Originally Posted by zephyr View Post
    The salary cap is going up from this to next. Yes, its going up. The $3 million number I used was meant to be per team as they broke down the estimated loss and averaged it out per team. That is an estimate of course. The cap for this year is $109 million. Next year, it will be at $115 million. The "decline" that everyone keeps mentioning and where they are wrong is that the previous estimate had the new cap over $116 million. The reduction in the future estimate is perceived to be through the debacle that occurred in China and subsequent lost revenue. All of a sudden, the game is dead.......
    Estimate is actually closer to 200 million

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    Quote Originally Posted by CajunJeaux View Post
    I recall reading an article that states Trout doesn’t WANT to be a major name and repeatedly turns down opportunities to grow his name/brand...which with that said, anyone with half a brain and has ANY inkling of interest in baseball knows who and what Trout is
    According to YouGov’s ratings of active sports personalities, 91 percent of Americans have heard of LeBron James and 88 percent have heard of Tom Brady, but only 43 percent have heard of Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels, baseball’s best player.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajun_lannister View Post
    According to YouGov's ratings of active sports personalities, 91 percent of Americans have heard of LeBron James and 88 percent have heard of Tom Brady, but only 43 percent have heard of Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels, baseball's best player.
    You are not wrong but longevity is partially responsible.

    Rookie:
    Brady 2000
    James 2003*
    Trout 2009

    * His national hype show began in high school.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbine View Post
    You are not wrong but longevity is partially responsible.

    Rookie:
    Brady 2000
    James 2003*
    Trout 2009

    * His national hype show began in high school.
    James has played in 3 major cities spanning west coast southern Florida and Midwest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajun_lannister View Post
    According to YouGov’s ratings of active sports personalities, 91 percent of Americans have heard of LeBron James and 88 percent have heard of Tom Brady, but only 43 percent have heard of Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels, baseball’s best player.
    I have never heard of YouGov, so I just checked it out...according to them, Robin Williams is the most popular person of all-time. You believe that?

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