Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!hoxna!houxm!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!srt From: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops Subject: Re: What's wrong with the NBA? Message-ID: <3823@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 16:50:34 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.3823 Posted: Fri Feb 8 16:50:34 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Feb-85 06:09:28 EST References: <804@godot.UUCP> <808@CS-Arthur> <5046@tekecs.UUCP> <4715@cbscc.UUCP> <126@ihlpg.UUCP> Reply-To: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (Scott Turner) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 25 Summary: I think the main problem with the NBA is that the season is just too long. Most of the complaints Mark Tischler mentioned are intended to keep the game fast moving and played underneath the hoop. Allow a zone defense in the NBA and you'd never see a shot inside 15 feet. I'm not sure that these rules are a good thing. I'm one of the few people I know who enjoys watching a good four corners stall. The situation is similar to the one the NFL finds itself in. Change the game to make it faster and more spectacular, and suddenly find dropping attendance. A curiousity. Undoubtedly part of the problem is television coverage. I recently went to a Lakers game, and while it was fun to be in the Forum to see the game, the actual viewing was abysmal. True, we had seats in the serious nosebleed section, but the point remains that watching a basketball game live isn't that exciting unless you are within 30 rows of the court. I enjoy watching on TV a lot more (and if the announcers are good, that only adds to my enjoyment. Al McGuire leaps to mind.) Scott R. Turner UCLA Computer Science Department 3531 Boelter Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90024 ARPA: srt@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA UUCP: ...!{cepu,ihnp4,trwspp,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!srt