NBA owner describes "real fans"

[thatsrightimirish]

"Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob spoke Saturday in Boston at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, stirring up a tempest among Warriors fans who heard about one of his comments, but impressing some of the journalists who actually attended the event.

At the conference, according to a recording obtained by The Chronicle, someone asked a muffled question about bloggers.

Lacob answered, "They are not real fans, because they don't have season tickets."

After a follow-up question, Lacob said, "Unlike every real fan, they don't have season tickets."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/05/SPD41I4OC7.DTL#ixzz1FrofMps8

[JonLP24]

1. "Unlike every real fan, they don't have season tickets."

:eyes:

I'd love to have Suns season tickets but it is far too costly for me. That is why I watch them on TV as many times as I can which I plan on doing in about 10 minutes when they face OK City.

[HuckleB]

5. Exactly.

A season ticket for the NBA is a massive investment. I have one friend in my income range who buys a full-season ticket for the Blazers, but he sells 20 to 25 of the games to friends at face value. A few other friends get smaller packages for just a few games, but even that's an investment, anymore. The only people I know who have season tickets, and use them for themselves, are single MDs.

[madinmaryland]

2. There are actually Warrior fans??

:rofl:

[mythology]

3. I believe there's a substantial overlap of Warriors fans

with masochists.

[KamaAina]

7. I think I may have seen one last week

tough to tell, though. He pulled a newspaper up in front of his face real quick. :-)

[fishwax]

4. ugh

:puke:

[KamaAina]

6. They passed over Larry Ellison for this dweeb?

:wtf: