NBA players and owners have been in a debate about money, and it has caused a shutdown of the NBA. There is little to believe that the lockout will be resolved anytime soon. "I feel like [the owners] aren't helping us out, they're not trying [to] meet us halfway with it,” complained Kevin Durant in an ESPN interview. Yet the owners and players fail to realize that there will not be any money to distribute if fans stop going to games.
Players have been preaching about their sacrifices to help the dispute come to a quicker resolve. But are the players the only ones that are sacrificing? With two weeks of the season canceled due to the lockout, the fans have lost interest in watching. This may last as long as Christmas, so the fans will leave the routine of watching the basketball game and find something else to spend time.
There were already fans losing interest in 2009-2010. The attendance was recovering in the 2010-2011 season, but this lockout may have been the last straw for fans. The time taken from the season has only angered the public. Basketball fan David Boykin expressed his frustration in a FOX Sports article, “It seems almost like a wasted effort.” This fight over the rich getting richer has irritated once loyal followers of the NBA.
If the lockout comes to a resolution, will there still be fans waiting to watch the games?
Players have been preaching about their sacrifices to help the dispute come to a quicker resolve. But are the players the only ones that are sacrificing? With two weeks of the season canceled due to the lockout, the fans have lost interest in watching. This may last as long as Christmas, so the fans will leave the routine of watching the basketball game and find something else to spend time.
There were already fans losing interest in 2009-2010. The attendance was recovering in the 2010-2011 season, but this lockout may have been the last straw for fans. The time taken from the season has only angered the public. Basketball fan David Boykin expressed his frustration in a FOX Sports article, “It seems almost like a wasted effort.” This fight over the rich getting richer has irritated once loyal followers of the NBA.
If the lockout comes to a resolution, will there still be fans waiting to watch the games?
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