FIBA is debuting its new LED basketball court this weekend in Madrid.

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    BUT THINK OF ALL THE ADVERTISEMENTS THEY CAN SHOW ON IT!
     
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    How long before someone hacks one of these things and posts some naked ladies?
     
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    The visual movement seems highly distracting for players.
     
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    I like it... makes sense on a few different levels.

    Change is hard for people though, so I get the push-back.
     
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    Instead of squinting at those tiny monitors, the refs could watch the replays on the court!
     
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    I like it for all-star games and the mid-season tournament. Strange 5 pointer spheres that appear and disappear at random.

    Other than that, put it as far away from the games as possible.
     
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    I like it
     
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    I envision a local advertiser liked to change the court during the opponents possessions.
     
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    I can't get past the glass court description. For a basketball court.
     
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    and so, it begins.
     
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    Or shifts the 3 point line to be closer for one team. Or widens or narrows the key. I could definitely see potential for shenanigans.
     
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    HOMECOURT ADVANTAGE!
     
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    I find it both transfixing and off putting. I’m not g Ty he target market for this, but I would not watch games on that court, especially if images moved during play. It’s one thing for timeouts or halftime, but I’m not going to be able to watch all the little things that I love about basketball like skilled got work or even shooting form while the background is changing and unnatural colors keep flashing.

    it’s WWE vs boxing. I want to watch the sport and not the story.
     
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    Same. I wanted to look it up to see if it was slippery/slippery when wet. The designer claims...

    https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.c...lass-led-basketball-court-asb-glassfloor.aspx
     
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    $2.5MM for the "good" version while you've got homeless encampments within miles of many arenas.
     
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