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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:11 PM Original message |
N.B.A. Cancels First Two Weeks of Season |
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blueclown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. This stinks. |
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ChandlerJr (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why don't the players just start their own league? |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Hey Gang, Let's Put On a Show! |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. That's not as farfetched as you make it sound |
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blueclown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Also, keep in mind the effect this will have on unemployment. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. +1 |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Not just the stadium workers... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Oh yes, the 99% might not get their crumbs. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. right on, i was about to say that NBAPA=the 1% |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. agreed |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. and many NBA players grew up poor or middle class! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. I imagine there's a precise and relevant earned-income cut-off point |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Years ago, when I worked with CBS, tons of people at the network got laid off |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Where oh where will a few hundred minimum wage jobs per city be made up? |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not good news. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. It wouldn't surprise me if they lose the entire season. n/t |
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jerseyjack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. Who really gives a $hit? |
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blueclown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You obviously do give a shit. |
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jerseyjack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 06:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Was it DeNero in Bronx Tale ? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. excuse me |
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OVERPAID01 (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. Greed, all about Greed |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
14. The entire thing has become a joke... |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. You may have better luck watching Kobe play in Italy |
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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
16. Sorry I Could Care Less About Pro Sports..... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 03:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Maybe not, but the guys who sell tickets and programs and polish the floor after the game might. |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
18. Why can't teachers nationwide do this? Why always the rich assholes? |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. Gives more time for the WORLD CHAMPION DALLAS MAVS |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. Just as well...The season doesn't officially start until the playoffs, anyway |
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musiclawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. I find Basketball incredibly boring |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. It'll be more like hockey |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. The modern NBA game is terrible. The LeBrons are emblematic of all that's wrong with the game. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. "...David Stern canceled the first two weeks of the season ..." |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Doubt David Stern ever had any run ins with any nuns. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. This is actually a good thing, will give them time to make the court bigger |
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