Barkley is plain bad for the NBA

[mastermind]

I don’t agree with anything this fat fukk is saying because he’s literally lying.. he doesn’t care about costs as his network being on cable creating a paywall for viewers is one of the biggest drivers of that and it didn’t bother him when it served his personal interest…. he only cares that his job is being eliminated and he’s trying to bury black players as “greedy” negros behind it …he’s a disgusting c00n and those supporting him are c00n lovers

I don’t give a fukk about Barkley either, but his point is valid. The cost of accessing entertainment is getting higher and unaffordable.

If the people cared that much they would stop going to the games lowering the demand and thus the prices …since people seem unwilling to do that they get what they get my bulls have been terribly run for years and prices to attended games have stayed high because attendance stays high …it’s not rocket science

Who is going to games tho? It’s not the regular person but those that can afford it. Sports is becoming more and more unaffordable. Corporate benefactors and upper middle class people can fill those seats up but it’s harder to justify for regular people.

Like I said before, this docile state people are in is due for to accessing entertainment. When those prices become too high, watch out.

 

[NYC Rebel]

It seems like the league has already priced out a lot of fans in the arenas and now they are going to price out some fans who watch at home.

The average fan won't have cable and Peacock and Amazon all at once...

I don’t see how it’s the players fault. They work hard all of their young lives to get to the point that they qualify themselves to get a market share of their worth and somehow they are a part of the problem.

What type of concessions is he asking NBA players to make?

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

It seems like the league has already priced out a lot of fans in the arenas and now they are going to price out some fans who watch at home.

The average fan won't have cable and Peacock and Amazon all at once...

Fans did that themselves when clamoring for cord cutting and having different options to choose from.

They unintentionally helped the rich get even richer at their expense.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

I don’t see how it’s the players fault. They work hard all of their young lives to get to the point that they qualify themselves to get a market share of their worth and somehow they are a part of the problem.

What type of concessions is he asking NBA players to make?

You're going to be hard pressed having the average American feeling sympathy for millionaires when they are out here struggling themsleves.

NBA players also haven't done themselves favor with some of the tone deaf complaining they've done over the years.

 

[NYC Rebel]

You're going to be hard pressed having the average American feeling sympathy for millionaires when they are out here struggling themsleves.

NBA players also haven't done themselves favor with some of the tone deaf complaining they've done over the years.

Im asking fans how players are to blame for getting their market share and why are they acting like communists when players are involved.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Im asking fans how players are to blame for getting their market share and why are they acting like communists when players are involved.

I answered your question.

They're getting their fair market share at the expense of the fan and average person who will have to pay more to consume their product. The average fan will have smoke for both the players and owners whether you think it's fair not.

I'm all for people getting what they feel they're worth, but at the same time, your product or job is dependent on consumers purchasing it and it always become to a point where they start pushing back and there's a trickle down effect for everyone.

 

[NYC Rebel]

I answered your question.

They're getting their fair market share at the expense of the fan and average person who will have to pay more to consume their product. The average fan will have smoke for both the players and owners whether you think it's fair not.

I'm all for people getting what they feel they're worth, but at the same time, your product or job is dependent on consumers purchasing it and it always become to a point where they start pushing back and there's a trickle down effect for everyone.

Do you really think that if players lower their contracts fans would see lower prices? Have the last four years post Covid not show you anything we’re salaries overall have not increased yet prices have gone up four fold and companies are making record profits?

Don’t blame the players

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Do you really think that if players lower their contracts fans would see lower prices? Have the last four years post Covid not show you anything we’re salaries overall have not increased yet prices have gone up four fold and companies are making record profits?

Don’t blame the players

And what eventually happened? The average consumer had to start pushing back which caused prices to drop, companies to struggle and the trickle down effect of it.

That’s my point.

That’s going to happen at some point with the NBA and it’s going to affect both the players and owners.

 

[NYC Rebel]

And what eventually happened? The average consumer had to start pushing back which caused prices to drop, companies to struggle and the trickle down effect of it.

That’s my point.

That’s going to happen at some point with the NBA and it’s going to affect both the players and owners.

Consumer prices have dropped for the first time since June 2020 last month. For the first time. The point is, we can’t get those four years back. Can we? Those owners are the same corporations who were price gouging the past four years even though salaries did not increase. So asking the players to acquiesce isn’t changing anything

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Consumer prices have dropped for the first time since June 2020 last month. For the first time. The point is, we can’t get those four years back. Can we? Those owners are the same corporations who were price gouging the past four years even though salaries did not increase. So asking the players to acquiesce isn’t changing anything

If fans start pushing, then those salaries are going to come down anyways. Let’s not pretend like we don’t know how this works.

That’s sports bubble is going to burst at some point and it’s going to affect the bread for everybody.

 

[NYC Rebel]

If fans start pushing, then those salaries are going to come down anyways. Let’s not pretend like we don’t know how this works.

That’s sports bubble is going to burst at some point and it’s going to affect the bread for everybody.

Salaries aren’t the issue. Greedy owners are. You’re not getting it.



It’s not the players. Their salaries aren’t changing shyt.

 

[Earnings]

I think he's just saying the NFL has so much popularity that it's basically untouchable, whereas the NBA could lose a lot of meaningful support that it needs.

NFL can basically say fukk you to a large chunk of their audience and still be king, it's not the same for the NBA.

Especially in the times coming up... all the star power we used to will be hangin em up... but that's "too much like right" as they say... I'm sure they "$mart" enough to know every concern and notion we talkin about... but they wanna cash out and milk every dollar moving before the mega name earners retire

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Salaries aren’t the issue. Greedy owners are. You’re not getting it.



It’s not the players. Their salaries aren’t changing shyt.

You keep overlooking my point.

The fans don’t give a damn about that and are going to have smoke for both the players and owners whether it’s fair or not.

You’re going to be hard pressed getting the average person to feel sympathy for millionaires of any kind.

Fans pulling back is going to affect everybody involved including Barkley himself since he’s benefiting from all of the money going forward.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Fans did that themselves when clamoring for cord cutting and having different options to choose from.

They unintentionally helped the rich get even richer at their expense.

This is dumb... You do realize that many of these cable providers are also internet providers so people were going to feel a hit to their pocket one way or another? If you ain't paying more for cable, then you're paying more for streaming or you're paying more for internet in general...

Many people are fine with cord cutting because all they really want is one service like a Netflix and they'll just watch that all day long...

This has nothing to do with NBA fans who want to keep up with all the key games and now the games are all over the place...

And if you want to blame "cord cutting" for that well I have more news for you.... Even if cable was kept the exact same way and streaming didn't exist, the cable companies would separate things like TNT and ESPN from NFL Network/Redzone or your local Bally Sports or whatever to make you pay more for the sports tiers.

The NBA could have easily made deals with NBC/ESPN/TNT and anyone with basic cable would likely be able to see all of the key games but they WANT to get on Amazon streaming..

 

[NYC Rebel]

You keep overlooking my point.

The fans don’t give a damn about that and are going to have smoke for both the players and owners whether it’s fair or not.

You’re going to be hard pressed getting the average person to feel sympathy for millionaires of any kind.

Fans pulling back is going to affect everybody involved including Barkley himself since he’s benefiting from all of the money going forward.

The fans are dumb and Charles Barkley is leading them in being dumber. That’s my point and why he needs to go.