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NBA Lockout

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

The ongoing NBA lockout has claimed, at the very least, the first two weeks of the 2011-12 NBA season.

Here's a look at how TNT, ESPN and even league-owned NBA TV may go about filling the void:
http://www.multichannel.com/article..._As_NBA_Cancels_First_Two_Weeks_Of_Season.php

Nowhere in this article is showing "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh" mentioned - although I understand NBA TV actually aired the movie "Teen Wolf" last weekend. Insert moaning and groaning about confounding cable network programming decisions here... :mad:
 
DToTheJ said:
... I understand NBA TV actually aired the movie "Teen Wolf" last weekend. Insert moaning and groaning about confounding cable network programming decisions here... :mad:
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The only rationale being that it had something to do with basketball, as Michael J. Fox's character was a basketball player in that film.

It's when they start showing "March of the Penguins" that we start calling shennaningans.
 
Not being a basketball fan, this is a blessing in disguise for me....

As I normally work evenings, my local ESPN radio station, which would cover the World Series *except* if it conflicted with the NBA team of which it's the flagship, now has no excuse.

:) cd
 
The NBA can stay gone for all I care as I've fallen away from the NBA as a fan about a decade+ ago but I will offer the NBA some foreshadowing.

The MLB and NHL suffered massive fan fallout from their own lockouts. It took until the McGwire/Sosa home run derby season in '97/'98 to get people interested in baseball again after their stoppage in '94/'95. The fact that steroids were used in hindsight is another blight on the sport but that's a whole other topic. Looking at many stadiums this season whether it being due to the economy or just really bad teams playing, many ball parks resembled ghost towns.

The NHL, while always seen as fourth or even a fifth rate also-ran sport in the U.S., is still licking it's fresh wounds from their '04/'05 lockout. With the NBA potentially gone this season more people may be inclined to sample the NHL and become captivated by it when it was previously viewed as basketball's red headed step-child when both sports ran concurrently. That's how I became a fan of the NHL. I grew tired of the ego and entitlement some players of the NBA displayed. I haven't looked back to the NBA since. I don't expect everyone to defect like I did but some will.
 
TNT can plug in movies and special fall showings of shows like Falling Skies and Franklin & Bash, as both debuted during the summer and are renewed for 2012. ESPN can always bump up college games that might have originally slated for ESPNU.

NBA TV? Some of the classic games to run, I guess--though for NBA fans, that might prove to be more subtly depressing than encouraging. Regional sports nets? Get ready for more dot-com poker tours and minor league MMA action.
 
@Robnoxious: And the fact that the NFL was able to successfully deter a lockout of its own earlier this year proves that they continue to be the most popular sport in America.

azumanga said:
...It's when they start showing "March of the Penguins" that we start calling shennaningans.
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Good point. Can you say "misery"? ::)
 
maybe NBA TV will start running infomercials...now that the WNBA season is over all they have is the NBA D League, and not a lot of those games have TV broadcasts.
 
Maybe they will show us the games in Europe and wherever else some players can land for a bit. That would be like ESPN was in the old days then.
 
Wait....can you say a special fall season for the WNBA.............................omg
 
Robnoxious said:
The NBA can stay gone for all I care as I've fallen away from the NBA as a fan about a decade+ ago but I will offer the NBA some foreshadowing.

The MLB and NHL suffered massive fan fallout from their own lockouts. It took until the McGwire/Sosa home run derby season in '97/'98 to get people interested in baseball again after their stoppage in '94/'95. The fact that steroids were used in hindsight is another blight on the sport but that's a whole other topic. Looking at many stadiums this season whether it being due to the economy or just really bad teams playing, many ball parks resembled ghost towns.

The NHL, while always seen as fourth or even a fifth rate also-ran sport in the U.S., is still licking it's fresh wounds from their '04/'05 lockout. With the NBA potentially gone this season more people may be inclined to sample the NHL and become captivated by it when it was previously viewed as basketball's red headed step-child when both sports ran concurrently. That's how I became a fan of the NHL. I grew tired of the ego and entitlement some players of the NBA displayed. I haven't looked back to the NBA since. I don't expect everyone to defect like I did but some will

Face it. The NBA can stay away forever as far as I'm concerned. The league is made up of overpaid street thugs who don't know how to handle their money, are interested in banging any hot A%% chick in sight, don't know how to handle fire arms, and are constantly getting in trouble with the law. Unfortunately the lockout means we'll be in for even more of that activity during the winter....
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Nate Wesley said:
TNT can plug in movies and special fall showings of shows like Falling Skies and Franklin & Bash, as both debuted during the summer and are renewed for 2012.
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TNT could also pick up a few potential hit shows such as The Event, Chase & Law & Order: LA, all of which fell victim to the IDIOCY of NBC execs
Regional sports nets? Get ready for more dot-com poker tours and minor league MMA action.
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There's still the NHL & College Football & Basketball. Once those are over next year, MLB will be well into next season. Given this, I don't think Fox Sports is all that worried about the lack of NBA action

OTOH, RSOs like Altitude stand to lose the most because they don't have as much local sports programming to air however I would imagine they'll be picking up more ESPN Plus programming on the weekends (And during the weeknights as well once College Basketball season gets underway) to fill the void

Cheers & 73 ;D
 
No big lose, ESPN and ESPN2 can air college basketball instead. TNT can just show more movies or orginal programming. ABC is the big loser as what will they air on Sunday's?
 
it`s not the owners and players i am concerned with.it is the rest of the employees who depend on the money from the game.also the businesses that benefit from the games.resturants ect.
 
Ken said:
No big lose, ESPN and ESPN2 can air college basketball instead. TNT can just show more movies or orginal programming. ABC is the big loser as what will they air on Sunday's?
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Whatever College Basketball games ESPN can farm out to it. Beyond that, it'll likely be more time for the affiliates

Cheers & 73 ;D
 
DToTheJ said:
@Robnoxious: And the fact that the NFL was able to successfully deter a lockout of its own earlier this year proves that they continue to be the most popular sport in America.
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That was the worst attempt at a lockout I ever saw. They talked about the "threat" of one for 2 seasons,, and during said lockout they still had team meetings and drafts. It was a nothing more than something to keep the NFL talked about during the off season. I'm sure Vince McMahon was thinking he could plan a more convincing lockout.
 
Ken said:
But CBS has the broadcast rights to college basketball, ABC doesn't.
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ESPN has cable rights. ABC Sports only exists only via ESPN (As ESPN On ABC no less). Because of this, I believe they will be able to skirt by CBS

Now if ABC had a seperate sports department that was INDEPENDENT of ESPN like they did years ago, then ESPN wouldn't be able to farm games out to ABC

Cheers & 73 ;D
 
Pat Cook said:
Now if ABC had a seperate sports department that was INDEPENDENT of ESPN like they did years ago, then ESPN wouldn't be able to farm games out to ABC...
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Explain this historical example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o_UQEAIB90

ESPN farmed out six weeks of their own coverage of NHL games to ABC from 1992-94. Even the actual NHL on ABC package consisted of a lot of similar time buys, but that was different presentation from ESPN.

So in the early 1990s, ABC produced its own sports (MNF, golf, WWoS) and had some ESPN telecasts at the same time (NHL).
 
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