Nba Feasibility Report

“Profit growth is measured by the percentage increase in net profits over time. In general, higher profitability and a higher rate of profit growth will increase the value of an enterprise and thus the returns garnered by its owners, the shareholders.” (Hill, Global Business Today.) This is the main reason that it is important that the Women’s National Basketball Association is successful. Started by the NBA, the WNBA has been lucky to start out with a partner that is already stable in it’s industry. The WNBA was not able to support itself when it started out, similar to most leagues. The NBA spent more than $10 million per year during the mid-2000s to keep the WNBA financially solvent. Without the NBA, the WNBA would’ve folded. It was estimated that teams were losing around $1.5 million to $2 million a

In 2010 there was a study conducted by Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce to determine what the economic impact of the Memphis Grizzlies and the FedEx Forum was on the economy of the greater Memphis area. A professional sports team such as the Memphis Grizzlies is going to aid the community in increasing the revenue of the local economy. Games or concerts at the arena will draw in individuals from outside of the area who will buy such things as food, luxuries, or hotel rooms, which directly impact the local economy. This is why it can be beneficial for a large community such as Memphis to be able to host a professional sports team. In order to determine the benefits and economic impact, the community and organization need to be able to determine

In the early spring of 1969 a group of Boston community leaders had an idea about creating a city-wide basketball program to both introduce the

The NHL saw the increasing population in the Southern states and wanted to take advantage. In Florida, from 1970 to 2010, it is estimated the population will more than triple from six million to 19 million. The NHL saw this huge increase in population and in the late 90’s put two new teams into both California and Florida. The NHL is a business, and when there are huge amounts of people, no matter where it is, they see an opportunity to make money and want to put teams there. The city of Atlanta actually had an NHL team from 1972 to 1980, when the team was moved to Calgary. In 1980 when the team left, there were just over 2 million people in the metropolitan area of Atlanta. In 2004, the city had more than doubled to 5 million, just a few years after another team was given to Atlanta. The NHL tries to put an NHL franchise anywhere where they feel there is a possibility of making money. But what affect are all of these new Southern teams having on the NHL and its fans?

D.     The owners believe that contracting the league will show just how much power they have over the players and will give them an advantage over the players in their upcoming collective bargaining agreement negotiations.

We are going to start with a bit of History, when the NBA League started marketing was a heavy and important part, due to the fact that there needed to be followers in order for the association to continue “living”. The 1960’s were a known for their purity and realism, followed by the

If the PPL were to adopt the NFL draft protocol the PPL would need to protect themselves from antitrust laws. The first thing would be to establish a CBA and constitution that stated all the eligibility rules. The PPL should operate as a single entity league because it is such a new league. We must establish certain protocols that will help us determine the eligibility of our players. I think it is in the best interest of our league to create a minimum age requirement such as the NBA. We will establish that age at twenty. It does not matter how many years the athlete plays in college or when they decide to declare for the draft as long as they are twenty years of age they are eligible for the draft. This will allow us to be protected from lawsuits

This will create a more fair and honest process for both the players and owners in the long run

Pay for play wouldn’t work out for many reasons. Financially as the biggest reason, paying everyone would cost to much for any University when the majority aren’t making money with in their athletic department as it is. Secondly Title XI wouldn’t allow it, the NCAA and universities would have to create a new plan across the board to make

Including more than four teams is what the college football world wants. It would make so much more sense to do it that way. For example, this season, the Memphis Tigers are ranked 13th in the nation. With a four team playoff, it doesn’t give Memphis a chance to prove their worth. If the committee was to accept a bigger playoff, perhaps a 16 team playoff, teams like Memphis will get a chance to win a National Championship. Teams like the previously mentioned Utah Utes will get a title shot if they expand.

A lot of people state that since there are so many teams, there is no way to play each team. This is wrong for the following reason. Every team doesn’t have to make the playoffs. Only one of every conference (and one from the FBS Independents with six teams in them). Every team has a conference (besides the FBS Independents) which means every team has a chance to compete in their conference championship game. This would mean that every team in each conference (including an FBS Independents championship) would have an equal opportunity to make the playoffs (NCAA

Some feel that the playoff system would not be fair to students and alumni. They would not be able to make travel plans in advance because each team would play in a different city during the holiday season in december and january and they will not be able to predict where where the games will

My proposal to fix the NBA Draft lottery would be to remove the lottery aspect entirely, and instead allow teams to bid on draft slots using wins. This would first require calculating the average number of wins across all teams that miss the playoffs and split the teams into two groups: above average and below average. Teams that are below the average would bid in once process on the first X number of picks (X represents the number of below average teams), while the above average teams would bid in a second process on whichever of the first fourteen picks remain. The rest of the picks would be allocated as they currently are, to the playoff teams in order of how they did in the regular season. When the below average teams bid, they would be

On this one will be how long the season will be. So like if we have 50 football teams in the future that would be like the best thing ever it would probably

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has transformed over the many of years as an organization and a brand, into a multibillion-dollar business that draws thousands and thousands of fans to each and every game. Many contributing factors have made the NBA what it is today, but the main cause of this gain in interest is the ultimate rivalry between two remarkable players, Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Larry “the Legend” Bird. The battling rivalry amongst these individuals is comparable to the feud of Coca Cola and Pepsi, or, Star Wars and Star Trek. During the era of modern television, and the still and ever present racial bigotry, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird helped redefine the game of basketball and popularity of the NBA with their