Comments on: The NBA is going back to Mexico. Should they stay there? http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/the-nba-is-going-back-to-mexico-should-they-stay-there/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emmett Jones http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/the-nba-is-going-back-to-mexico-should-they-stay-there/comment-page-1/#comment-5840 Emmett Jones Thu, 28 May 2009 06:20:38 +0000 http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/?p=1118#comment-5840 Well, first off, thanks for the comment. I'm not really bashing the NBA, its bashing the expansion of the NBA into Europe at the risk of alienating the American fan base that I don't agree with. That's why, assuming you can generate interest and the venues, I think an expansion into Mexico makes more sense, assuming you have to expand, which I think David Stern believes he must do. I'm also worried about expansion into Europe because I don't know if there is a sustainable NBA market there. Competition from other sports, competition from pre-existing European basketball federations, etc. make NBA in basketball a less than easy sell. Again, that's why I think, if you have the market and venues, that you maybe try expanding a little closer to home. The NBA product has certainly been improving the past couple years. NBA playoff ratings this year reaffirm that fact. Well, first off, thanks for the comment. I’m not really bashing the NBA, its bashing the expansion of the NBA into Europe at the risk of alienating the American fan base that I don’t agree with. That’s why, assuming you can generate interest and the venues, I think an expansion into Mexico makes more sense, assuming you have to expand, which I think David Stern believes he must do.

I’m also worried about expansion into Europe because I don’t know if there is a sustainable NBA market there. Competition from other sports, competition from pre-existing European basketball federations, etc. make NBA in basketball a less than easy sell. Again, that’s why I think, if you have the market and venues, that you maybe try expanding a little closer to home.

The NBA product has certainly been improving the past couple years. NBA playoff ratings this year reaffirm that fact.

]]> By: Matt http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/the-nba-is-going-back-to-mexico-should-they-stay-there/comment-page-1/#comment-5827 Matt Thu, 28 May 2009 00:13:31 +0000 http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/?p=1118#comment-5827 Hey.. you need to stop bashing on the NBA it is getting a lot better and you can;t look past that. Yes it had a bad decade but the iterest is starting to build and your being ignorant to the fact that the NBA is becoming a fun and interesting game to watch again. Hey.. you need to stop bashing on the NBA it is getting a lot better and you can;t look past that. Yes it had a bad decade but the iterest is starting to build and your being ignorant to the fact that the NBA is becoming a fun and interesting game to watch again.

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