odulumni99
05-07-2007, 10:12 AM
Can anyone tell me why minor-league basketball has faltered in the southeast?
It is like this, the D-League began the 2001-2002 with eight franchises in the southeastern United States. Now it is six years later, and there is only one reminaning, which is in Little Rock, AR. And now it is planning to either fold or move its team to LaCrosse, WI. It seems like for future expansion of the NBA-DL and the CBA, the two "most popular" minor-league basketball organizations, many of the cities in the southeast are going to be left behind because of the ensuing fear of failure caused by: Roanoke; Fayetteville; Asheville; Columbus, GA; Greenville, SC; Huntsville, Fort Myers, Mobile and now, Little Rock. The south has had it chance and now its a failure where college basketball is now king in hotbeds such as Raleigh-Durham, Winston-Salem, NC; Gainesville, FL; Lexington, KY and Knoxville, TN. Forget non B-Ball hotbeds in the southeast, like Norfolk; Richmond; Jacksonville, FL; Birmingham; Nashville; Jackson, MS and Shreveport, LA, thanks to David Stern's plundered experiment, those large cities will not be able to prove their ability to potentially support an NBA team, in case one plans to move or so.
It seems like to me basketball (NBA especially), is losing support in the southeast. The Hornets, Hawks, Heat, Magic and Grizzlies either got kicked out of the first round of the playoffs, or is headed to the lottery. Nevertheless, the Florida Gators still prevail as the top college basketball school in the nation with back-2-back victories. It seems like to me, when it comes to indoor minor league sports in the southeast, hockey will always be the preferred choice- as it was proven this year in Fort Myers; Charlotte; Gwinnett County, GA; Shreveport; Columbia, SC and Norfolk. I wonder why, do you think it has alot to do with race? And that paying spectators would prefer to see black folks playing in the NBA rather than minor league (especially in a town that lacks an NBA presence)? It is a shocking presentation, and I thought basketball will always be basketball no matter if was minor, major, amateur or college. How naive of me to picture it that way!!!!!!!
It is like this, the D-League began the 2001-2002 with eight franchises in the southeastern United States. Now it is six years later, and there is only one reminaning, which is in Little Rock, AR. And now it is planning to either fold or move its team to LaCrosse, WI. It seems like for future expansion of the NBA-DL and the CBA, the two "most popular" minor-league basketball organizations, many of the cities in the southeast are going to be left behind because of the ensuing fear of failure caused by: Roanoke; Fayetteville; Asheville; Columbus, GA; Greenville, SC; Huntsville, Fort Myers, Mobile and now, Little Rock. The south has had it chance and now its a failure where college basketball is now king in hotbeds such as Raleigh-Durham, Winston-Salem, NC; Gainesville, FL; Lexington, KY and Knoxville, TN. Forget non B-Ball hotbeds in the southeast, like Norfolk; Richmond; Jacksonville, FL; Birmingham; Nashville; Jackson, MS and Shreveport, LA, thanks to David Stern's plundered experiment, those large cities will not be able to prove their ability to potentially support an NBA team, in case one plans to move or so.
It seems like to me basketball (NBA especially), is losing support in the southeast. The Hornets, Hawks, Heat, Magic and Grizzlies either got kicked out of the first round of the playoffs, or is headed to the lottery. Nevertheless, the Florida Gators still prevail as the top college basketball school in the nation with back-2-back victories. It seems like to me, when it comes to indoor minor league sports in the southeast, hockey will always be the preferred choice- as it was proven this year in Fort Myers; Charlotte; Gwinnett County, GA; Shreveport; Columbia, SC and Norfolk. I wonder why, do you think it has alot to do with race? And that paying spectators would prefer to see black folks playing in the NBA rather than minor league (especially in a town that lacks an NBA presence)? It is a shocking presentation, and I thought basketball will always be basketball no matter if was minor, major, amateur or college. How naive of me to picture it that way!!!!!!!