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I have my doubts about Omaha. Going toe-to-toe with both Creighton and Nebraska-Omaha strike me as a good way to lose money.
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This league (NIFL) is like a frickin' cockroach. You could throw a nuclear bomb at it and it would still survive
-tony-o
So I'd rather spend a quarter of an ABA franchise to repair my car, as opposed to spending a franchise and a half to get a new car that might have some planned obsolescence that causes it to break down 5 days after the end of the warranty period.
-Chuck the Writer
McAllen? I heard a group from Laredo was forming to become the Spurs D-League affiliate. I wonder if the Laredo group will continue with its attempts or will this announcement kill it.
..actually the right size of market for the CBA or NBDL. It is appearing, though, that the D-League is going to become more of a league where the teams are close to their parents. The expansion teams in LA and Denver this season, and Utah next season are good examples of the trend. Gary may appear as Chicago's and/or Indiana's farm team in the future.
The NBDL desperately wanted some experienced operators, so they took Sioux Falls, Boise and Bismarck in the league to get that kind of experience. Do they want expansion teams far away? Probably not so much. I assume McAllen (Rio Grande Valley) will be a Texas farm team.
The rumors that the Knicks and Celtics will buy their own teams (and maybe the Nets as the Brooklyn Kings) add to this a bit. NBA Commissioner David Stern said the D-League is close to a cluster in the Northeast. I assume that means the teams will be owned by NBA teams, in large part.
The CBA should develop a plan not for the Caribbean, but targeted small and mid-sized metropolitan areas in North America without huge college basketball teams. There are more than enough of them in the country still for a league like the CBA to survive and prosper.
Hidalgo's Dodge arena (home to the Killer Bees & Dorados) will be RGV(D-League)'s home.
I would like to see Laredo get in as well, would form another great rivalry (Bucks-Killer Bees, Lobos-Dorados, etc.)
said that RGV would be the only Texas expansion team this year. Is the Merrell Center in the Katy area (where the Copperheads moved) big enough for basketball?
Houston could put its D-League team there, perhaps.
Read it a little closer...He said he THOUGHT so. He might have no idea about the Laredo group.
The 12-team NBDL, the official feeder league of the NBA, is slated to expand to 16 squads next season. The season starts Nov. 23, the first Friday after Thanksgiving, and ends in mid-April. The only other current Texas NBDL teams are in Austin and Fort Worth.
Murphy expects the RGV entrant will be the only Texas expansion franchise in 2007-08.
I also thought that RGV would be the only one because ...
Orem, Utah is approved
Fort Wayne is close
RGV is approved
Florida could come back
I don't see how they will cap expansion at 16 teams because both NY and Boston are also looking at getting teams. And David Stern said the D-League is close to forming an eastern cluster, which should have at least 3-4 teams. He could be including Ft Wayne in this mix.
I expect them to be up around 20 teams next year, assuming everyone stays put.
The Omaha Racers and Creighton co-existed for years, it's one of the largest cities in the US without a Major league team and they also have a new arena.
The D-leauge will be huge in another ten years (once the pay raises and big men start to pass on NCAA basketball (because the systems are not geared to them) and the top non-qualifing high school players starting playing in the D-league instead of going to prep or J.C. schools.
That was back before Creighton basketball became fracking huge. They constantly sell out that nice new arena now for the Blue Jays. Toss in Nebraska Omaha, and there is sizable competition for you basketball dollar.
AHL thought similarly about Omaha as you're thinking, and the Ak-Sar-Ben Knights have been a box office disaster.
Personally, I'm still not sold on your belief that the D-League will pass the NCAAs, and anyway I don't think your Omaha team will last ten years, let alone 3.
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Mean Spirited Blogger #24601
Accused of being a Cyber Terrorist by Joe Newman.
This league (NIFL) is like a frickin' cockroach. You could throw a nuclear bomb at it and it would still survive
-tony-o
So I'd rather spend a quarter of an ABA franchise to repair my car, as opposed to spending a franchise and a half to get a new car that might have some planned obsolescence that causes it to break down 5 days after the end of the warranty period.
-Chuck the Writer
That was back before Creighton basketball became fracking huge. They constantly sell out that nice new arena now for the Blue Jays. Toss in Nebraska Omaha, and there is sizable competition for you basketball dollar.
AHL thought similarly about Omaha as you're thinking, and the Ak-Sar-Ben Knights have been a box office disaster.
Personally, I'm still not sold on your belief that the D-League will pass the NCAAs, and anyway I don't think your Omaha team will last ten years, let alone 3.
I feel the same way about Fort Wayne, Indiana. Indiana U./Purdue U. Fort Wayne has expanded its program since the demise of the Fury. Where are all the dollars going to come from to support another team in this town? I also don't see the NBADL becoming huge in the future. I just don't see the fan support. I see this league becoming a collection of "taxisquads" instead.
...and for all the people who seem to think Rockford is in line for a fall/winter hoops team. Forget it! Rockford wants AHL hockey. This town gave-up on basketball years ago. The only reason the Lightning lasted as long as they did is because of the charity of the Timpe family. Judy Timpe and her late father should be placed in the CBA hall of fame for their efforts.
...and Hoffman Estates (Sears Centre)? I have a sister and brother-in-law near there. They are typical urban professionals like the many typical urban professionals in the area and wouldn't be caught DEAD at a minor league hoops game. They would pre-arrange to have their carcasses dragged out of the building rather than be caught lifeless at a NBADL game. Besides, the traffic from Chicago is brutal for people with simplier tastes. Too brutal for the average fan.
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