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Originally Posted by seattleflamer
You didn't tell me anything. It's a figure of speech, my friend....(oops did it again).
Anyway, I apologize if it you took it as putting words in your mouth.
My point is there are several facilities in both leagues that are far from ideal yet it works well enough for leagues to endorse play, the fans to show up and the owners make money year after year like Nassau or Key did in the NBA. Key was good enough until Bennett arbitrarily said it wasn't with league support. Were cement blocks falling on people or people going outside to take a whiz because of the poor facilities inside or was it more a question of not enough luxury boxes to maximize revenue or taxpayer based concessions to mitigate cost outlays? Did it need to be replaced or remodeled to bring it up to current NBA/NHL league standards? Sure it does/did.
And yes, if Stern lets the Kings play at Key Arena, it implies that the facility must meet league standards at least at a minimum level which it didn't 4 years ago. It makes you wonder how Stern lets the other league he is commissioner of, you know the WNBA's Storm, play at an inadequate facility like Key? I haven't heard they're moving to a new facility based on quality of facility.
How could the PAC 12 and NCAA Division I allow team like WAZZU and Gongaza play basketball games at the "too good for the NBA" Key year after year or host NCAA Tournaments at the Key? What is so different I wonder?
Arbitrary, my friend, complete and utter arbitrariness related more to stiffing the taxpayer and government for good old corporate welfare. The proverbial free lunch.
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I'm not sure if you get that 'cement not falling from the roof' is not the measure of whether or not something is good enough to be considered NBA/NHL quality. The measure is exactly what you appear to dismiss, the ability to maximize revenue. This is a multi-billion dollar business, and it's run as such. I don't get the confusion.
The WNBA reference is total nonsense. Once again, the measure isn't the ability for the roof to stay up, it's the ability to maximize revenue. You don't need much to do that in a league that attracts a couple thousand people to it's games at most. The same analysis applies to your equally nonsense example of Wazzu and Gonzaga. Those games may be sold out, but they are one off games and therefore operate in a complete different realm.
Btw, did you really reference owners making money year after year and Nassau in the same sentence? The Isles are hemorrhaging money, largely due to their arena situation.