yet he brags about it

yep love mj

MJ saved the NBA and brought it into the stardom that it has had for 30 years now, LeBron is ending that

i dont think the NHL is doing too great, lowest stanley cup finals viewership ever or in a long time at least

that was more timing issues, since thats when the MLB was turning its back on soc jus, I think the NHL will be fine

just keep politics out and theyll be fine lmao

yep

thats my goal once i get into the sports industry, get the focus back on the game and pleasing actual fans, not the broadest audience

Let’s say you were just hired as general manager of a professional sports team, and you have access to their finances. And let’s say that team is funding a terrorist group like BLM. Would you stop funding them?

Almost instantly

Its better to actually fund a local agency that actually *helps* the community, even if its name isnt as preachy

Might be a PR nightmare, buts its better to do whats right then what they think is right because of social media

Trust me, I've given it some thought

i would keep quiet and keep my job lol

but when they fire me hehehe

nhl owners had been losing money and pressuring the players to take more cuts. not sure how the talks are going so far but a lockout seems inevitable

They probably going to have another lockout, maybe the VGK expansion was not the best plan

Expansions should only happen when all teams are profiting big

tbf, not many people watches hockey during summer. so maybe that's why. comparing nhl to nba/mbl, the woke stuff is considerably less

seattle is still giving money for their expansion fee, to my understanding. but with the lockdown "supposedly" lifting next year, things should shimmer down a bit

Hopefully

agree. big charities are notorious for money laundering and are often less effective than small, local ones

Yep, investing in the local area is usually always better

bettmans gotta get a good tv contract for nhl games, only way for them to get big

Sports/ entertainment should take people mind of the real world. I don't want to be reminded on what's happening in the world. I'm trying to relax

He also wants to expand in the us market cuz yhe us dollar is more valuable. Which is why it baffled me that he still investing money into arizona <:KEK:726877368601411624>

yea ig

idk where else they could have a team though

Quebec <:KEK:726877368601411624>

no in the us lol]

Just to play the devil advocate here, but sports had always have some political elements under it.

You mean in respect to race?@isoboto

Houston is an okay spot to try out

maybe even kansas city

Races of the players? Yeah. Ie. Black boxers. Or certain ethinicities are not allowed to participate in the olympic back in Hitler's era

or even in sa not too long ago

Yeah. Having a rival to dallas would be pretty good

@isoboto they should put a team where its would be the only major team or one other team, thats why LV is doing so good

I'm still surprised Milwaukee doesn't have a team but maybe too close to Chicago and Minnesota

It also should be analyze why vegas was able to success, too. A lot of the expansion teams are scraping the bottom rn

Part of it could be timing. VGK was the first thing for the city to really behind after that shooting