Colin Cowherd: Indiana Pacers Not Supporting Team Due to Racism

[PortCityProphet]

bulls are playing the hornets tonight, and the entire top section of the arena doesn't even have the lights on.

I checked stubhub and saw that tickets for the next hornets game cost under $2 and you can get really really good tickets for under $50. a lot of good tickets are under $20. I'd go to plenty of NBA games if they were that reasonably priced here.

last year after i went to the Lakers Hornets games they played the Wizards and tickets were going for $4 mid level. If i lived in a NBA city with a shyt team i'd off them prices

 

[Maschine_Man]

naw...majority of nhl players are foreigners whose names look like eye charts. No connection.

actually the majority isn't (over 75% of the NHL is from North America), but whatever.

 

[OG Talk]

B..B...But lets bring up every possible explanation except for race...

Spoiler

"Blue and yellow is a weird color scheme, how do you expect a fan base to get behind a team like that?"

 

[Snitchin Splatter]

I was born and raised in Indianapolis, when they were selling out Market Square Arena with Reggie, The Davis Brothers, Mark Jackson, Travis Best, Jalen Rose.....so this isn't about the city not supporting black players.

It's just in the last few years Indianapolis has become a HUGE football city. Peyton Manning and the Colts took over the city, got a new stadium built, got the superbowl to come to the city. At the same time the Pacers had the worst stretch of their existence .

Indiana is a small state and market, but the Indianapolis Area (2 hours in any direction) there are TONS of sports options, Indiana/Purdue/Butler/Notre Dame , The Colts and Pacers...the Pacers picked a bad time to self destruct in a somewhat fickle market with other alternatives when you're not doing well. People just stopped attending Pacers games and took their business elsewhere

Plus the Pacers were destroyed in one of the most ratchet moments in Sports history, during that time Jamal Tinsley and Stephen Jackson were shooting up clubs, but the year before when they were 61-21 they were selling out with Black Players starting

But the brawl plus the last few years of losing really drove away people. I admit these cacs do cac but they support black players and teams, Hell the Colts with Harrison, Wayne, Freeney, Mathis, even Bob Sanders these guys are legends in Nap

Basically as someone from the town I don't think it's about race as much as people are painting it out to be in here

 

[No_bammer_weed]

actually the majority isn't (over 75% of the NHL is from North America), but whatever.

north america, meaning canada, and especially french speaking provinces (we know how much the heartland loves french people)....how many of that 75% are American born white players, fool? Hockey is a Canadian sport.

 

[Maschine_Man]

north america, meaning canada, and especially french speaking provinces (we know how much the heartland loves french people)....how many of that 75% are American born white players, fool? Hockey is a Canadian sport.

there is only one french speaking province.
but you know that, cuz you seem to know everything the way you talk out your ass and all.


Americans make up about 25% of the NHL, but their showing in national tournaments (like the worlds, world juniors, and the olympics) have really brought them alot of positive attention.

again, it doesn't matter. You just seem to want to argue for the sake of arguing.

the fact of the matter is that this has little to do with race and more to do with other factors.

 

[beenz]

Daamn, I wish I could get tickets for prices like that.
I haven't seen $20 seats in years.


just looking economically around the country and you can tell which teams are having good attendance based on their "markets"

man the price of our nosebleed tickets are more than hornets tickets in the lower 100 section.

 

[Maschine_Man]

man the price of our nosebleed tickets are more than hornets tickets in the lower 100 section.

I know... I love going to games but these ticket prices(and concessions) fukking kill me



I'd go to 10x the amount of games if the tickets were like half the rpice or more

 

[frush11]

While theyres some of that probably can someone explain to me why its ok that black people dont like the nhl because they have nobody to identify with but if white peoople dont like the nba for that reason their card carrying klansmen?

Whast the difference? Just because people want to watch a sport with players they can identify with doesnt automatically make them bigots

Because us Black people, when we don't like something. We just say we don't like it.

Just listen to what Colin said those people from a Indy station said. Calling players thugs, and criminals.

 

[SubLyminalz]

man the price of our nosebleed tickets are more than hornets tickets in the lower 100 section.

I wish I lived in a nba market.

I pay more for a college game than that

 

[manyfaces]

whats the excuse for teams like Detroit, Atlanta, Philly and Washington having poor attendance then??

sure indianapolis is a pretty white city, but those other cities aint. Why aren't all the black "fans" there supporting those teams??


Cacs huh?

Can't really speak on the rest of the teams, but the Pistons sorry as shyt and its a city in the midst of an economic famine. nikkas not driving 45 mins away from the city to go see a shytty team when they barely making it. When they were winning and the economy was better they were pretty much top 5 in attendance. I'm not saying the Pacers attendance is low cause of racist cacs, but that's a lazy ass comparison.

 

[KnowledgeDropper]

But why do Dallas, OKC, Salt Lake, etc have strong fanbases

A lot of white people nationwide hate the NBA because its majority black, but most cities still have enough non racist whites to support the team. Indy seems like a special case. I do think college basketball has something to do with it. Charlotte has always lagged in attendance as well

 

[Maschine_Man]

But why do Dallas, OKC, Salt Lake, etc have strong fanbases

A lot of white people nationwide hate the NBA because its majority black, but most cities still have enough non racist whites to support the team. Indy seems like a special case. I do think college basketball has something to do with it. Charlotte has always lagged in attendance as well

but lets be real for a minute.
is it REALLY racist if white ppl don't watch basketball because its majority black?

or is it similar to how alot of blacks don't watch shows like seinfeld and friends because its majority white?

 

[KingsnBucs1987]

why do the pacers have such poor attendance despite making the playoffs and having all star representation the past few years between hibbert, granger, and george?

2012-2013 NBA Attendance - National Basketball Association - ESPN

2013 Attendance	
			Home				Road					Overall
RK	TEAM		GMS	TOTAL	AVG	PCT	GMS 	AVG 	PCT 	GMS	AVG	PCT
1	Bulls		27	586,875	21,736	103.9	25	18,229	94.3	52	20,050	99.5
2	Mavericks	25	499,206	19,968	104.0	27	17,861	93.1	52	18,874	98.3
3	Heat		26	518,072	19,925	101.7	24	18,701	98.2	50	19,338	100.0
4	Trail Blazers	25	492,688	19,707	94.8	28	16,222	85.5	53	17,866	90.1
5	Warriors	23	441,592	19,199	98.0	29	17,020	89.5	52	17,984	93.3
6	Clippers	26	498,997	19,192	100.7	30	17,866	92.2	56	18,481	96.1
7	NY Knicks	27	513,891	19,033	96.3	23	17,746	93.3	50	18,441	95.0
8	Lakers		27	512,919	18,997	99.7	27	19,029	99.1	54	19,013	99.4
9	Jazz		26	489,106	18,811	94.5	28	16,292	86.4	54	17,505	90.4
10	Celtics		29	540,096	18,624	100.0	23	17,620	90.5	52	18,180	95.7
11	Spurs		24	441,661	18,402	99.0	30	17,252	89.8	54	17,763	93.8
12	Thunder		27	491,481	18,203	100.0	26	18,026	93.9	53	18,116	96.9
13	Raptors		27	487,474	18,054	91.2	26	16,128	84.7	53	17,109	88.1
14	Magic		27	479,549	17,761	94.2	25	16,519	84.3	52	17,164	89.4
15	Nuggets		25	429,868	17,194	89.8	29	17,387	90.9	54	17,298	90.4
16	Nets		29	495,600	17,089	94.4	24	17,201	89.2	53	17,140	92.0
17	Timberwolves	25	414,798	16,591	85.7	25	16,838	88.0	50	16,715	86.9
18	Grizzlies	29	475,348	16,391	90.5	22	16,740	88.9	51	16,541	89.8
19	76ers		29	471,454	16,257	80.0	22	17,235	90.7	51	16,679	84.4
20	Rockets		26	421,995	16,230	90.0	29	17,920	93.3	55	17,121	91.8
21	Cavaliers	25	398,619	15,944	77.5	28	16,592	85.9	53	16,286	81.8
22	Wizards		25	396,958	15,878	78.3	26	15,738	81.6	51	15,807	80.0
23	Bobcats		26	404,275	15,549	81.5	26	15,862	82.6	52	15,705	82.1
24	Suns		25	376,433	15,057	81.7	28	17,001	88.8	53	16,084	85.5
25	Hawks		26	383,649	14,755	78.8	25	16,870	87.3	51	15,792	83.0
26	Pacers		26	375,269	14,433	79.5	27	16,400	85.2	53	15,435	82.5
27	Bucks		26	374,654	14,409	77.0	25	16,824	85.8	51	15,593	81.4
28	Pistons		30	418,128	13,937	63.1	24	16,515	86.4	54	15,083	72.6
29	Hornets		24	322,549	13,439	78.2	29	17,277	90.0	53	15,539	85.0
30	Kings		26	348,857	13,417	77.5	28	17,118	88.4	54	15,336	83.5

I don't really know, could be a mix of the racist shyt with the fact that they play a brand of ball that fans find boring.

 

[Higher Tech]

and on top of that teams like Washington, NO, Cleveland,etc ALL have star players that are exciting to watch.

shieet, me personally I'd rather go watch John Wall or Kyrie Irving than the fukking Pacers. I don't care what their record is

Just finished watching John Wall play. You'd be better off catching a Pacer game. Paul George is still an exciting player.