Friday, February 25, 2011
We Are Back(Getting There Anyway)
Hey folks.
So glad you're reading this, because we're happy to announce that we are getting back into the sports writing game, and in the next week or so you can expect a new podcast episode!
As you've seen, Joe has been writing the past week or so to make up for my laziness. I've been without a home computer for the past few months, but rest assured a new one will be built by Sunday night.
We are excited to get back to providing you guys with content. We are going to be recording more regularly, writing regularly and adding new guests to our podcast lineups.
We are also talking possible relocation, but we will be keeping you informed of that. We want to bring you a cleaner and more polished experience. We aren't exactly veterans to the game so to speak. We aren't Ray Lewis yet, but more like a Brandon Flowers. And if you get that comparison, then you're in the right place!
We'd also love to hear if you guys have any suggestions! You are, after all, the reason we write and record. Anything you can think of just submit to us. Email
Just look out for new content in the next few days!
Thanks so much!
--Tim Herb
NBA losing steam.
The NBA is basically not only going toward players who make $10+ million a year but also going toward two and three super stars per team. This leaves the league very top heavy and dilutes the league as a whole. It will essentially become 4-8 power house teams and 4-8 mid tier teams that have less talent but are better coached and better managed to help them stay afloat. Then there will be just the real garbage bottom of the barrel teams in high demand. These teams will sell only in local markets and be terrible media outlets. These markets teeter on the brink of implosion. The league will become saturated and top heavy. The poor markets will only sell tickets when high profile teams and players roll into town.
Even in high profile teams with low profile players still have little to no marketability. The lowest tv rating for any NBA final in the last decade was the Pistons versus the Spurs.
So what becomes of the league? What becomes of those who are set to wither and waste? Media beloved Colin Cowherd keeps hounding people/fans for being mad at Melo and Lebron for going to better markets and playing for winning teams. Which I have no problem with. If you offered me more money to go work in an area with more entertainment and that has more to offer along with money or a better work environment who would honestly say no?? But the unions and CBA aren't set up to accommodate the guy who plays for $15 million its set up to make sure the reserves make more than $20,000 a year. And that's what people are missing! Especially these all business Colin Cowherd types. Its not the high profile guys that lose out. Rush Limbaugh got fired for being a racist and still makes multi-millions a year. Its the guys who can be the 15th man on a team but will get cut when the league is contracted. Where do they go?? ABA? Then the ABA bottom players get shoved out the door too. I'm sure league minimum in the NBA is higher than any ABA contract.
We put in these things to protect workers rights and players rights but then have high profile Lebron James come out and say they need a contraction when he "doesn't understand what contractual means." Give me a break. If all the high profile guys go to the same 8-16 teams the NBA will die and there isn't enough high profile talent to keep it afloat.
--Joseph Champey
Even in high profile teams with low profile players still have little to no marketability. The lowest tv rating for any NBA final in the last decade was the Pistons versus the Spurs.
So what becomes of the league? What becomes of those who are set to wither and waste? Media beloved Colin Cowherd keeps hounding people/fans for being mad at Melo and Lebron for going to better markets and playing for winning teams. Which I have no problem with. If you offered me more money to go work in an area with more entertainment and that has more to offer along with money or a better work environment who would honestly say no?? But the unions and CBA aren't set up to accommodate the guy who plays for $15 million its set up to make sure the reserves make more than $20,000 a year. And that's what people are missing! Especially these all business Colin Cowherd types. Its not the high profile guys that lose out. Rush Limbaugh got fired for being a racist and still makes multi-millions a year. Its the guys who can be the 15th man on a team but will get cut when the league is contracted. Where do they go?? ABA? Then the ABA bottom players get shoved out the door too. I'm sure league minimum in the NBA is higher than any ABA contract.
We put in these things to protect workers rights and players rights but then have high profile Lebron James come out and say they need a contraction when he "doesn't understand what contractual means." Give me a break. If all the high profile guys go to the same 8-16 teams the NBA will die and there isn't enough high profile talent to keep it afloat.
--Joseph Champey
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
It's a Business.
We are raised to be loyal, we get attached to things. We love our teams. Whether you inherited your dad's teams, or have picked up a schmorgasboard of teams from all around, you probably love them. You've seen dumb draft picks. You've experienced the changing of the guard. But all in all, you still bleed their colors.
Owners and players have no loyalty anymore. Kobe demanded a trade after refusing to play for the team he was drafted to because he wanted to be in LA. When things got rough and he was dropping 40 a game, he wanted out. Joe Montana had two above average seasons in Kansas City. One was a player choice, the other was an owner move.
People want to make money, and people want to cut off poor finances. Owners want to win because the Colts are now one of the most marketed teams in America, because winning moves units and puts more money in your pocket. Ticket sales in some sports are nothing. The NFL is going to sell out every game. The NHL has really good ticket sales. The NBA is completely based who is coming to your house. If Kobe comes to your house, you're going to go to the game. If Kevin Love is coming to town, you'll probably skip the game. MLB's problem is playing 162 games a year. You just lost 20-3, who cares?? You have 161 more games.
Every generation has their teams, and some of those teams are passed down to their kids. Others pick up their teams. My biggest note on that is how many Colts fans there are. But never-the-less, people still act like they were birthed from Gary Brackett's uterus. It can be obnoxious. But there's still loyalty.
As soon as Roddy White doesn't catch 60 passes a year, see if he's still making "Roddy White money". The Falcons will sell him as quickly as they can if he's not producing.
At old mom and pop shops, there's some old guy who's worked for the family for 45 years will have a job until HE WANTS TO LEAVE. But not in sports. People are commodities. So why do we love them so much??
The personalization of business leaves more and more as technology has gotten bigger and bigger.
I just think its odd that money is worth more than someone's life, in business. And it's obviously absurd that a man can make 12 million dollars a year to catch a football.
Worker Unions...
--Joseph Champey
Owners and players have no loyalty anymore. Kobe demanded a trade after refusing to play for the team he was drafted to because he wanted to be in LA. When things got rough and he was dropping 40 a game, he wanted out. Joe Montana had two above average seasons in Kansas City. One was a player choice, the other was an owner move.
People want to make money, and people want to cut off poor finances. Owners want to win because the Colts are now one of the most marketed teams in America, because winning moves units and puts more money in your pocket. Ticket sales in some sports are nothing. The NFL is going to sell out every game. The NHL has really good ticket sales. The NBA is completely based who is coming to your house. If Kobe comes to your house, you're going to go to the game. If Kevin Love is coming to town, you'll probably skip the game. MLB's problem is playing 162 games a year. You just lost 20-3, who cares?? You have 161 more games.
Every generation has their teams, and some of those teams are passed down to their kids. Others pick up their teams. My biggest note on that is how many Colts fans there are. But never-the-less, people still act like they were birthed from Gary Brackett's uterus. It can be obnoxious. But there's still loyalty.
As soon as Roddy White doesn't catch 60 passes a year, see if he's still making "Roddy White money". The Falcons will sell him as quickly as they can if he's not producing.
At old mom and pop shops, there's some old guy who's worked for the family for 45 years will have a job until HE WANTS TO LEAVE. But not in sports. People are commodities. So why do we love them so much??
The personalization of business leaves more and more as technology has gotten bigger and bigger.
I just think its odd that money is worth more than someone's life, in business. And it's obviously absurd that a man can make 12 million dollars a year to catch a football.
Worker Unions...
--Joseph Champey
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