Is this possible?

[LB3533]

If the lockout happens and it is looking more and more likely, could the players start their own league?

Maybe talk with Vince McMahon or just Mark Cuban and start the XBA or something?

Play games at parks or college/highschool campuses?

[droopdog7]

I don't think it is possible.  But the mere fact that some people could think it is possible explains why many fans go against owners and management in these situations.  They think that running a business is easy. 

It isn't.

[PosImpos]

yeah, no way

[mgent]

Can't we just put all the teams in a slamball league instead?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ouXw328WYI

Picture Derrick Rose or Blake Griffin instead of those guys.

[LB3533]

I don't think running a business is easy...small business included.

If the NBA and its owners are losing money then they need to get the heck out.

If not for the players, there is no product.

[Chris]

I don't think running a business is easy...small business included.

If the NBA and its owners are losing money then they need to get the heck out.

If not for the players, there is no product.

I am not sure I follow.  Are you saying that owners need to sell the teams if they are losing money?  Do you think they are simply running the team poorly?

[LB3533]

I don't think running a business is easy...small business included.

If the NBA and its owners are losing money then they need to get the heck out.

If not for the players, there is no product.

I am not sure I follow.  Are you saying that owners need to sell the teams if they are losing money?  Do you think they are simply running the team poorly?

I think if there are franchises losing money then they are not following good business practices and should sell their shares or they should hire someone who knows what the heck they are doing.

[Chris]

I don't think running a business is easy...small business included.

If the NBA and its owners are losing money then they need to get the heck out.

If not for the players, there is no product.

I am not sure I follow.  Are you saying that owners need to sell the teams if they are losing money?  Do you think they are simply running the team poorly?

I think if there are franchises losing money then they are not following good business practices and should sell their shares or they should hire someone who knows what the heck they are doing.

Fair enough.  I think a lot of people feel that way.  Personally, I think, while this is the case with some of them, the system also makes it incredibly tough to have "good business practices" in small markets, and not lose money. 

In the current system, it is very difficult to balance putting a quality product on the floor, with keeping costs low.  Some teams have pulled it off, but they are the exceptions, rather than the rule. 

So, I think the answer is somewhere in the middle.  Yes, owners need to do a better job of running their business, but there also needs to be some significant tweaks in the system, to keep it from being a case where you need to have high revenue to compete.