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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
I mean I don't wanna go into a long diatribe to prove the NBA is growing it's talent pool, but using the lack of competitive balance, when we're talking about a Patriots team in it's 7th Super Bowl since 2001, is pretty laughable. The NBA talent pool is growing because of Europe, nevermind once we start seeing the impact of the growth of the game in Asia. The NBA has the entire world to draw talent from, the NFL obviously has a whopping two countries with decent talent pools.
And again, why kill yourself physically and set yourself up for brain damage to make $5 million a year in the NFL, when you can be cut anytime and not get your contract....when you can be an NBA benchwarmer for $10 million+ a year, fully guaranteed? That is also going to cut into the NFL's future talent pool, to the benefit of the NBA. If you could choose which sport to invest in, when considering long term growth potential, you'd be a bit of a fool to choose the NFL.
And eliminating the running game would make the average NFL game 4 hours at a minimum, so that's a non-starter. Anything that makes the game longer is a non-starter.
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I'm not going to debate why one should not choose NFL career over NBA, its easy, like you said the money.
But let's not forget the rosters in NFL are 4 times the NBA. Like you said the talent from Europe/Asia is coming so if you're a young kid aspiring to be an athlete, would you choose a sport where your're competing against US/Canada kids for one of 53 roster spots or 1 of 15 against US/Canada/Europe/Asia?
Getting to the NBA is like winning the lottery in those circumstances. Canada has seen its growth from VC's time in Canada, sure its had some 1st overall picks but none of those players are superstars. A lot more kids are playing the game but it doesn't mean the NBA game is any better. It's pretty awful right now.