The teams have less money for promotions, advertising, and field or court maintenance. Caps help keep player from getting too greedy and wanting more money. Most NBA players today are money hungry and overly-confident in their abilities. If you buy the player for what their worth, and sell them for what they think they’re worth, you would make an extremely heavy profit. If a talented player is on a successful team, they’re going to want to stay on that particular team regardless of a few million dollars.
Now Heeb is using more facts in numbers and percentages, but he makes the reader think about the NBA players salaries as if it were their own. Now instead of feeling angry toward the basketball players for being greedy; the reader feels a sense of pity. Heeb seems to focus mostly on the monetary issue of the NBA lockout whereas another writer and fan, Joe Dorish, takes a different toll on the issue and focuses mostly on the likely outcome of the lockout. In an article written by Dorish on Yahoo Sports, he addresses the NBA lockout and states that the owners will likely be the winners when the
As is stated in the article, the company used to have a major competitive advantage in terms of movie selection, where, “…customers could browse through thousands of titles…” (Hitt 106). Now, the entire scope of the market has changed and Blockbuster was much too slow to respond. The recent moves that it has made will surely generate profits, but not enough to sustain the company in the long run, seeing as there is nothing that differentiates Blockbuster’s services from that of its competitors. In order to fully gain lost market share back, the company would have to create some sort of highly innovative way of viewing or renting movies that none of its competitors has already thought of; It would have to be something that is rare, difficult to imitate, not easily substituted, and able to generate above-average returns. Unfortunately, at this point it looks as if none of this will come into fruition because Blockbuster has essentially decided to latch on to other companies, creating a sort of symbiotic relationship where the company feeds off of the success of its competitors.
Carl A. Rickerson Professor Evelyn Rogers English 111 22 September 2011 L.A. Lakers vs. L.A. Clippers I am a huge sports fanatic so when I saw for this essay that we could write about sports, my brain began running with ideas. I finally settled on my sport of choice the National Basketball Association, also know as the NBA. I plan to show the comparison and contrast of two of the NBA’s most storied franchises. One is storied due to its enormous success; the other because of its enormous failures. The L.A. Lakers and the L.A. Clippers.
With enough calendar left for 66 games, a considerable boost from the 50-game schedule cobbled together after the lengthier, costlier 1998-99 lockout. (Aschburner, 2011) This makes fans happy, a sigh of relief that there will be a basketball season. Overall, the NBA lockout was a tough time for players, fans, and employees. The NBA lockout had many twists and turns and finally there was an agreement that was reached. The lockout could have been avoided, making this unsettling for fans and
This issue is personally relevant to me because when I’m older I hope to be an elite athlete and hopefully play in the WNBA and if I am lucky enough to get that opportunity I would like to be payed equally with the men in the NBA. BACKGROUND: The debate about equal pay within sports between males and females has been going on for a long time now. In several sports within tournaments they offer ‘uneven’ pay funds, by paying the winner of the men’s competition more than the women’s. An example of this which is most obvious is the basketball, but there are also more events such as soccer and bodybuilding and also cycling that offer more money for men. In the US Open for tennis, men and women have been paid equally for the past three decades and then the Australian open in 2000 did the same thing.
A strong fan base and park attendance brings in revenue from ticket sales, concessions, and souvenirs (MC3 Sports Media, 2010). If the small market fans feel the team does not have the best players, it will determine how they feel about attending the games. What is unfortunate for the smaller market cities is the fans will come out in larger crowds when a visiting team comes to town with the best players. What is fortunate is the small market team owner will make money and expectantly will have the funds available to bargain in the next season for better
Each March Madness creates an Emeka Okafor, Joe Alexander, or Andrew Bogut. This is where NBA teams get excited because they’ve been watching them excel on the collegiate level which is tough because mostly everyones goal is to take that next step into the NBA which is another concern Stern had was players coming out of high school and turning out to be a bust in the pros like Robert Swift. It’s a huge transition from High School basketball and Professional Basketball. Analysts and reporters often questioned Stern about this being a move to make the NCAA stronger and more competitive, he denied this and states “this was simply it a business decision for the N.B.A (Why Stern Does Not Want High
There are few substitutes and through their well positioned advertisements their sales are increasing. 3.3 Socio-Cultural Aspects Unlike the 1980’s, where nobody wanted to try it, people are now much more open for new experiences, as their lifestyles are changing and getting more and more influenced by ethnical groups. Furthermore they are confident to try it, because any health concerns were cleared by organisations like the ISME. The consumers are male and females regardless of age, who are very sporty or work very hard. At the moment Red Bull has a very trendy image and gets sold in a lot of bars
The public looked at him better now that he was married, had a baby, and he was able to play well with white players. But, Jackie still faced prejudice everywhere. The other teams and many of his teammates showed that they did not want him there. But, instead of letting all of these things getting to him, it made him play better. He was able to bring his team to the best season that they had and the fan crowds in the stands got larger.