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Originally Posted by hwy19man
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It's an interesting idea, but I don't think most basketball fans and the TV execs. will be down for it. As acknowledged in the article, summer time is a down time for TV because people are on vacations and want to be outside. Being inside an enclosed arena during a hot summer day doesn't sound enticing even if the games are big since it's playoffs.
Baseball is the perfect sport for the summer because a great majority of stadiums are outdoors, or have retractable roofs with a design that incorporates a lot of natural lighting. Watching baseball inside a closed off dome while it's sunny outside sucks, and teams that are in those type of venues are either looking to move into new stadiums, or pull off a massive reno (Toronto Blue Jays - Rogers Centre) to bring in more natural lighting.
This summer is the only time that having playoffs go late into summer would be acceptable to most I figure.