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Originally Posted by trackercowe
The NBA has a huge problem with the sheer amount of injuries and players out of the line up right now. I'm surprised the media isn't running with the story. It feels like 1/3 of all starters are MIA right now. New Orleans was missing its entire starting five the other night. With all these players needing rest (or personal) days, it's no wonder the league viewership is down 28% this year. Why would anyone want to fork over thousands for floor seats to watch Embid, Maxey, and George sit on the bench?
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Here's the thing I don't understand, is why all these star players need night's off. Go back a decade or even a few years and star players rarely missed games. Even LeBron has played every game this year. In my fantasy league half of my roster is out of action right now. It's beyond ridiculous, they were talking about "game management" becoming a thing in the NHL one day, Bettman probably should get in front of that now. The players run the NBA, don't let that happen in the NHL. Look at the Clippers and Sixers now, and the Nets a few years ago. They were all broken because of discontent and game management from their stars. |
I’m sure there’s some level of truth in resting guys, but I don’t think that’s playing into viewership as much as people say it. Most people tune in for a team and if they see so and so not playing I don’t think they tune away for that game.
I disagree with the babying though. That started with Kawhi, and gets worse every year. As professionals they should be ready to play at 90%. 60% is probably IR territory. But it’s also a matter of greed with the amount of games, plus practices, plus the desire to avoid injuries. I don’t know the answer but it’s a silly thing to baby. How they define babying is the question.