Thursday, December 09, 2004

Will NBA's Revenues Fall?

We have all heard about and seen the brawl that took place in Detroit, between the Indian Pacers and the Detroit Pistons. This fight has been said to be one of the biggest disgraces in sports history. Charges were handed out to Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, David Harrison and Anthony Johnson. With these charges if convicted some of these players face jail time. Also many of the fans involved were faced with very similar charges. My question to you is, do you think that due to this fight the NBA’s revenues will decrease? The fans and players were both charged so should there be a difference in peoples views on weather to go to a game or not, or will people feel that it is to dangerous. The NBA is trying everything in its power to get everyone from both sides (fans & players) to come to some kind of middle ground. The players have been suspended already, Artest for the entire season. Will the absence of these star players hurt the NBA’s profits and revenues though? Will fans take their blame and consider what happened to be mutual and continue to buy tickets and NBA apparel?

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