Not a soccer fan. Just thinking of ways to improve the league.

May 3, 2021
10:22:41am

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Right now the NBA has a tanking problem that they have been unsuccessfully trying to fix for 30+ years. I don't think the premier league's structure is the solution, but they do have some principles worth considering.

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NBA should expand by a bunch of teams (like 6)

OPINIONS

5/3/21 10:08am

TNT would be fine with starting over

TNT

5/3/21 10:09am

With the ghost of David Stern leading the rebuild?

Tokolosh

5/3/21 10:11am

Oh hail no

TNT

5/3/21 10:12am

I don’t know if that’s good for the league. Would kill value of bottom dwellers

PHXSUNS31

5/3/21 10:11am

That's the concern, for sure. I'm trying to figure out a way to mitigate that.

OPINIONS

5/3/21 10:14am

Ya I’ve definitely thought about it before as well.

PHXSUNS31

5/3/21 10:20am

Not a bad compromise. I like that.

OPINIONS

5/3/21 10:26am

Ya the draft stuff is tricky. But the bubble made me think..

PHXSUNS31

5/3/21 10:42am

The concept of relegation will never happen in a major US sport, unfortunately.

HingleMcCringleberry

5/3/21 10:11am

Nor should we force it just because it is how many other countries built their sport structures...

Tokolosh

5/3/21 10:13am

It already is that way.

WJCougar

5/3/21 10:13am

Can't tell if you are phishing for a follow up or if you assume that makes sense

OPINIONS

5/3/21 10:18am

They already have the same teams at the top and bottom every year.

WJCougar

5/3/21 10:19am

True. Perennial bottom-dwellers like the Suns, 76ers, Clippers, & Knicks...

OPINIONS

5/3/21 10:32am

so all the top draft picks start out in the lower league?

The Shazad

5/3/21 10:18am

I don't understand the need for soccer fans to impose relegation on US sports.

mudpupper

5/3/21 10:20am

Not a soccer fan. Just thinking of ways to improve the league.

OPINIONS

5/3/21 10:22am

When they expand it will be Seattle and Las Vegas

mncstr

5/3/21 11:32am

Like was discussed above, I don't like promotion and relegation, but I think

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