FIBA Says "NO" To NBA's 23-And-Under Proposal

08-18-2012, 10:36 AM

So in other words they just wanna obama the old people? Some real bull!!

08-18-2012, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by Hold That

FIBA said no, but whats stopping Stern from asking Colangelo to recruit players 23 and under for team USA?

I can understand why FIBA told Stern to !! off, by asking ALL COUNTRIES to follow that rule.

American players are not the major concern for the owners, their concern is guys like Tony Parker and Nene and Luol Deng who are absolutely essential to their country's basketball programs and their countries push them to compete in EVERY tournament, major and qualifying. Take a look at Yao Ming, who's career was hindered and shortened because China relied on him so heavily. He never had a break. So just recruiting 23-and-under players for the American team is not really a solution for the issues that the owners are having.

08-18-2012, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by Vancouver

You think the NBA doesn't bank off the Olympics? How many people watch the NBA Finals? 100 million, at most, watching any one game, give or take? How many people watch the Summer Olympics? 3 billion, give or take? That exposure is worth big money and basketball has become a much more international sport since 1992. This can at least partially be attributed to NBA players playing in the Olympics. Any owners saying we wanna get paid of this are shortsighted morons.

You are right, but i think you think the NBA is a lot more popular than it actually is. 100 million for a finals game? [pic] That is SB ratings. NBA finals usually does World Series ratings. LAst year, nba finals did a 10.1, World series did a 10.0

08-18-2012, 02:02 PM

the Olympics is an amateur sporting event so someone needs to explain to me why the allow professionals in the first place

08-18-2012, 02:17 PM

Until USA Basketball stops receiving commitments from the likes of Lebron, CP3, Durant, and Melo I don't see FIBA dropping pros for a while, what w/all the ratings they bring in.

08-18-2012, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by maxnn

You are right, but i think you think the NBA is a lot more popular than it actually is. 100 million for a finals game? [pic] That is SB ratings. NBA finals usually does World Series ratings. LAst year, nba finals did a 10.1, World series did a 10.0

Yeah, I didn't know the numbers but I was trying to be generous. So we got 10 million versus billions. The NBA owners are looking like fools here.

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