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Originally Posted by Johnny199r
Why have an all star weekend? Why have a skills competition or even an all star game? Why do North American leagues mandate this?
I watch soccer from all over the world, and none of those leagues (that I know of) have anything resembling this.
Obviously, there must be money to be made somehow and that's why leagues insist on this weekend, but where does that money come? Players clearly don't enjoy it. I've never watched a minute of it, do fans tune in and enjoy it?
At least some other incredibly stupid things that the NBA does make financial sense for the league and players (taking 20 minutes to play the last two minutes of a game, tv commercial money $$$ thanks to all the time outs, don't get me started on how I wish timeouts didn't exist in North American sports) But all star weekends? I'll never understand it.
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Kids love all star games.