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Originally Posted by Vinny01
The NFL is the one league where there doesn’t appear to be much of a market bias unlike the NHL and NBA. The Bucks are only good because they picked one generational player. A player can transform an organization especially in basketball. They are lucky Giannis is loyal
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Huge wads of TV money for every team will do that for you. There's no such thing as an NFL club with an internal budget.
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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
It is possible in the NHL too. Only reason the Oilers won’t win a Cup is because of horrific management. Objectively to have McDavid and be one of the worst teams in the league is all because their management is terrible, not because they are in a small market.
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That, and McDavid only plays on half of the rink. If that's your best player and you cater to him, your whole team is going to be flawed, even if your management is otherwise good.
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In the NHL there are 17 larger metro areas than Tampa, 18 larger metro areas than Colorado, 19 larger than St. Louis, I guess the question is what is a small market. If over half the league is in metro areas that are larger than your area you are definitely not in a big market.
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True, but the bottom few markets are so small that they're at a major disadvantage. If I had to describe the Tampa, Colorado, and St. Louis markets, I would call them all ‘big enough’. They all support teams in other major-league sports. You can't say that about the likes of Columbus, Winnipeg, or alas, Calgary.