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can't really add to what's already been said

all I know is that if no deal is reached, we'll see a bunch of Bentleys repo'd soon

 

That about sums it up.

 

No NBA season? Sounds like a damn good thing to me. Hell yeah

 

These guys are a bunch a whiny babys and I dont feel sorry for any major sport athlete. The money they get paid to play and entertain fans is stupid. I grew up playing sports and enjoy watching but I would never pay the stupid tickets prices they want to charge to see games. All they become is spoiled little brats.

These guys should be making a couple of million per year not this 5-25million, nobody deserve money like that especially athletes. If they can't live on a few million per year they better go back to school and learn how to save your money.

 

When the baseball players went on strike several years back, sentiment was pretty much the same. When resolution was achieved, the "loyal" fans weren't so sure they needed to be as loyal as they had been. Put a real blemish on the game for several years.
Pro sports, of all types, needs to realize, despite their skill and athletic prowess, they are still just playing a game.
A bunch of people like to watch, however .. I'd rather champion educators and many others that provide a positive contribution ......

 

Mark- I literally LOL'd at that last part! You're giving WAY too much credit to those guys! Half of which couldn't pass a simple MATH class.

Actually I find this perfectly fitting considering how many entitled American's we have.


Like I said- I hope they fvcking go broke and on the street! Them and their bitch crews!

 

Wouldn't it be nice if there were actual consequences for their greed? I remember the baseball strike. Yeah, people rumbled about how they lost the love for the game. But lo and behold, virtually no one remembers it even happened. Game is strong as it always was, and players are making the same ridiculous salaries despite it.
And while we would all like to fantasize that they'll go broke, losing one season won't mean anything for 99.9% of them. Even the bench warmers make well into the 6 figures.

 

I don't agree on your 99% will be ok. I'd bet 60% plus of them are highly leveraged against their contracts. They typically spend it faster than they make it.


I feel sorry for the kids that work concessions, ticketing etc. these people rely on the part time work to survive.

I too could careless about the lazy playing NBA players.

Let's extend college season and pay those kids 100k each to entertain. Field a team for under 2 million and away we go. Real hustle basketball with 20 dolla seats.

Win win win. Well except some jewelers and car salesmen lose their cash cows.

 

I don't see the NBA recovering from this. The fan base was already rapidly dwindling. As this thread shows, nobody cares anymore. My friends and I all lost interest over the years and we used to be huge fans. The players and their ridiculous guaranteed contracts just screwed themselves.