this too. I have an ignorant question tho...for years I always assumed that TV contract(s) is what made up the salary cap. Not just the #, but the actual $$ too. As in, the NBA TV contracts gives each team about 130 million to spend vs it sets what the # is and the teams have to pay out of their own pocket? Which is it?
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Nate and I are feuding. He doesn't know it, and I don't know WHY anymore, but he's dead to me! DEAD YOU HEAR ME @Natebishop3 ! OH DOUBLE YOU TEE DEAD!
If this were a Broadway play, it would’ve closed after Dame left. I would probably renew for next year since I think we will be better. We’ll compete for the play-in so the games will have meaning. Unless Joe has his sights set on Cooper Flagg.
NBA salary cap in based upon BRI (basketball related income) " What does the term "basketball related income" mean in the world of the NBA? What does the term "basketball related income" mean, and why is it important? "Basketball related income", in a nutshell, represents the aggregated operating revenues received by NBA teams, the league itself and any ventures in which the league or a league-related entity has at least a 50% stake. Basketball related income is tallied up and then the owners and players use this figure to determine the salary cap." https://www.davemanuel.com/investor-dictionary/basketball-related-income/ now, that's for calculating BRI and the splits between players and owners for the money the NBA pays out. I think the disbursements and revenue each team makes is very complicated. It used to be that each NBA team got to keep a majority of their ticket sale and local broadcast revenue. It would be logical if that would also be true for concession, parking, and team merchandise revenue. But, IIRC, there had been a trend in the CBA for teams to share a higher percentage of that revenue (small market teams vs big market teams). I don't know what the new CBA mandates Forbes has some data and valuations: https://www.forbes.com/lists/nba-valuations/?sh=7480ada16982 the Warriors are at 765M in revenue and and the Blazers are at 300M. That's a 465M annual gap and if the Warrior keep a significant chunk of that, they have a huge advantage when it comes to considering payroll and luxury tax. Of course, it's wise to never trust accounting for pro sports teams
Going to games in a suite is fun. I'd do that if I could afford it. But sitting in rows of chairs so I have to get up every 5 minutes so everyone else in the row can get up 5 times per quarter. No thanks. I'll just watch from home.
Great post! It's nice to get that season ticket holder perspective. (But it did make me miss Lanny. RIP my friend.) As far as the fewer perks, free stuff, discounts, gifts, and other cost-cutting things let me give you a different perspective... Before the previous Team President, Chris McGowan, the Blazers lost money every year. This was just an accepted fact of being a small market team. Big market teams make money, but if you own a small market team you don't make money until you sell it because all sports teams go up in value. Chris McGowan was brought here to change that and he did. The Blazers no longer lose money. He cut costs, stopped with the discounts and giveaways, and ended the never-ending sellout streak that was artificially done by giving tickets away during times like now when the team wasn't as good. But this hasn't just been cost-cutting, the Blazers have maintained and improved the Moda and the Rose Quater. Now these have been small improvements but they have been successful, continual, and long-term. Dr Jack's and Schonleys at the Moda have been the longest-tenured restaurants we've had. (Remember Cucina Cucina and TGI Friday?) Current Team President, (and forum friend) Dewayne Hankins was brought in by Chris McGowan and has continued the hard-fought battle to keep the Blazers a money-making franchise. AND THIS IS VERY GOOD FOR ALL BLAZER FANS! Look at what happened to the Sonics in Seattle, the team was run similarly to how the Blazers were but even worse. They lost money every year AND they put zero money into maintaining their arena. This was done before the current owners of the Thunder bought the team but was easily and purposely exasperated by them until... OH NO, WE'RE LOSING MONEY AND OUR ARENA SUCKS, WE HAVE TO MOVE! This can not be said for the Blazers now. There is no reason for the Blazers to leave Portland. AGAIN, THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE NBA TO AGREE TO ALLOW THE BLAZERS TO MOVE! (FYI, the all capital letters are for emphasis and not me yelling, lol) The Blazers are secure in Portland. If new owners were to come in and change this to create a false reason for the team to leave everyone, especially the NBA would see through it.
