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NBA business structure
« on: March 08, 2014, 08:09:28 PM »

Offline celticsfan8591

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Does anyone know much about how the NBA is structured as a company? I know NBA teams are called franchises, but are they actually franchises or is that just a vernacular term?  Is owning an NBA team essentially a much more expensive version of owning a McDonalds?
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Re: NBA business structure
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Offline D.o.s.

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Yes, in the sense that the league office has control over how many teams are in the NBA, so similarly to a fast-food franchise you need to get the league's approval in order to create a new NBA team.

So, it's a franchise because you need authorization from the NBA in order to have an NBA team, the same way you need to talk to McDonalds the company in order to start one.

The NBA's probably got a better burger, though.
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