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Originally Posted by transplant99
Mark Cuban says they should "embrace tanking".
Money really does make people out of touch with reality.
So it doesnt matter how your team played when you doled out 300 bucks to go to that game...nope....what mattered is who you sat beside.
JFC what an absurd take.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...fan-experience |
I totally disagree and actually think that Cuban is right about what people remember/care about at live event experiences.
It is easy to forget that most people are totally unaligned with the people of CP in numerous ways, but primarily most people dont give even close to the amount of ####s as we do about results and winning, or even the hockey team. Even many casual fans will barely know more than 5 players by name on the roster. Long term losing makes a dent in this, but game to game, or even season to season probably means very little.
Now, tanking itself I agree is detrimental. I am only an avid tank supporter because I have literally given up and accepted that it must be so to really make a difference in this league. Until a change is made. I support the gold plan.
Though I do wonder if that will actually lessen some of the super team constructions by adding more variability to consecutive draft top 5s... the supercontenders built off multiple high draft picks have produced the biggest money making dynasties of the last 20 years in the nhl. Penguins, Blackhawks, even the oil (thank christ no real winning but the franchise valuation is probably catching owners attention...)
Anyways, im musing but I think that long term lack of success is much more harmful to a general fan base than boom busts as long as those are somewhat regular swings.