Is this possible with NBA fans?

[Stop_It_5]

That's the territory with marketing your players as successfully as the NBA has. Heard a dude doing NY radio the other day that flat out said his son is a Chris Paul fan, and follows whatever team he's on as his own.

There's nothing wrong with it, it's just a different animal.

 

[Ineedmoney504]

Nah people don’t even really know divisions like that. Where as nfl are pretty much none my all football fans

 

[NYC Rebel]

That's the territory with marketing your players as successfully as the NBA has. Heard a dude doing NY radio the other day that flat out said his son is a Chris Paul fan, and follows whatever team he's on as his own.

There's nothing wrong with it, it's just a different animal.

How does that boy hand down his love for the sport to his son after Chris has long retired?

That kid will have to find a player to latch onto on his own. I rather have my fans love their teams. That fan likely hands that love or hate of another team over to his kid.

It's a better business model. The NBA lost that in the 90s.

 

[Paper Boi]

nah, but i also think it's pretty corny.

 

[NYC Rebel]

nah, but i also think it's pretty corny.

 

[MJ Truth]

Is it really a bad thing though?

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

Dope!

Can't wait for a Cleveland Browns Super Bowl win for my pops

 

[NYC Rebel]

Is it really a bad thing though?

If there’s a period that there isn’t a transcendent Star then it is. Also, a league would have to depend on rebuilding interest around new players year over year. Meanwhile, that doesn’t effect team led leagues where twam love is pretty steady.

I can’t get over the huge drop in NBA interest after when MJ first left.

 

[Lakerman0834]

I agree its kinda lame

 

[NYC Rebel]

I agree its kinda lame

I don’t get you dudes that can’t spell shyt out.
Sounds like an issue

 

[threattonature]

How does that boy hand down his love for the sport to his son after Chris has long retired?

That kid will have to find a player to latch onto on his own. I rather have my fans love their teams. That fan likely hands that love or hate of another team over to his kid.

It's a better business model. The NBA lost that in the 90s.

I don't think it's necessarily a better business model. It's better for the individual teams as no matter how bad a team gets the die hards will support. For the overall sport I think it's better for the NBA as a whole that people follow individuals. A lot of fans lose interest if their team sucks, but if people are fans of players (which I think is corny) there's a much better chance of retaining that fans interest when they go to different teams.

Plus with the nature of football scheduling it's much harder to follow other teams since everybody is playing for the most part in one of two time slots which makes it harder to explore out and really fall in love with other players. With the NBA you just get a chance to get exposed to a wider variety of players.

 

[horizon]

Damn that's sad when you think about it

Imagine going to your pops' grave crying because LeBron finally won the big one

 

[NYC Rebel]

I don't think it's necessarily a better business model. It's better for the individual teams as no matter how bad a team gets the die hards will support. For the overall sport I think it's better for the NBA as a whole that people follow individuals. A lot of fans lose interest if their team sucks, but if people are fans of players (which I think is corny) there's a much better chance of retaining that fans interest when they go to different teams.

The thing is, the NFL and MLB also have that same luxury when it’s fans also follow transcendent players. It’s an added bonus to have that luxury where a Montana to the Chiefs is still going to garner tons of interest.
Same with Bonds leaving for San Fran.

Plus with the nature of football scheduling it's much harder to follow other teams since everybody is playing for the most part in one of two time slots which makes it harder to explore out and really fall in love with other players. With the NBA you just get a chance to get exposed to a wider variety of players.

That could be said about MLB but fans seem to love a wide variety of players.

Plus, things like NFL red zone has killed being fixed on one team.

 

[patscorpio]

Dope!

Can't wait for a Cleveland Browns Super Bowl win for my pops

you poor tortured soul

 

[1thouwow]

My son will be a Eagles/Sixers fan