NBA charging $15 to watch summer league online

[dreamcloud]

Wow.. what a load of shit..it's always been free in the past, wtf.

WORST part is that there are BLACKOUT RESTRICTIONS still, lol. So basically ONCE AGAIN, unless you have CSNNW, you're not gonna be able to even watch the blazers during summer league.. Dammit.. I really wanted to watch Bayless and some other blazers to make summer go by faster..

This summer is like the polar opposite of last years summer. Last year awesome SL with bayless MVP, all free, olympics, team usa gold, greg oden returning hype, etc. This blows..

https://summerleague.istreamplanet.com/nba/default.html

I can't believe they'd make people pay to watch a league where like 80% aren't even gonna be in the NBA probably

 

[BTOWN_HUSTLA]

what if i have league pass outside of portland?

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Man, that's not right. It's a scrimmage game with mostly bad college players.

Well, now that the income stream from Yao is gone, Stern is getting desperate.

 

[alex42083]

Imaginary summer league.

It's like paying to watch the D League. I'm sure some folks will have some streams online somewhere..

 

[Furball]

I saw that last night and almost pissed my self. Sorry, I'm not paying anything to watch Tyler Hansboro and Jeremy Richardson play ball. I wonder how many saps actually ponied up for that?

 

[maxiep]

what if i have league pass outside of portland?

NBALP is over. It starts the first day of the regular season and ends on the last day of the regular season.

 

[alex42083]

haha... the NBA charges a Summer League Pass. That's pretty funny..

 

[hasoos]

I thought most of these games were on NBATV for free. None of you have mentioned NBATV so far.

 

[number 10]

that's just low, way to reward your dedicated fan base Stern.

 

[yakbladder]

Wow..that is complete BS.

I guess during a recession they have to find ways to make new money. I mean, the league is nearing bankruptcy, right?

 

[Minstrel]

This reminds me of when the Redskins charged fans to watch training camp scrimmages, something that every other team allowed for free.

 

[Ed O]

I don't see the big deal. It costs money to broadcast games and if they think that they can make money by charging people to watch them online then more power to them.

I find it hard to believe many people will pay for the games, but maybe. I would definitely consider it. $15 is not that much and given how much I enjoy the games it's a better deal than a lot of entertainment options.

Ed O.

 

[ABM]

http://www.nba.com/summerleague2009/schedules/index.jsp

Can't wait for the SA game. Want to see Pendergraph kick Blair's a**!!!

 

[B-Roy]

Meh. I'm sure someone will stream it.

 

[Nikolokolus]

http://www.nba.com/summerleague2009/schedules/index.jsp

Can't wait for the SA game. Want to see Pendergraph kick Blair's a**!!!

Hmmm ... I hope that happens, but I think Blair is probably the superior talent, unless of course Blair's knees go on him after 3 games and not 3 years like the docs during the predraft evaluations said.

 

[LOTBfan]

take a valium. once you have relaxed, go to a bar and watch it with some other fans.

 

[hasoos]

take a valium. once you have relaxed, go to a bar and watch it with some other fans.

Yea, Valium and Beer is a great mix!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I caved and paid, and now it doesn't seem to be working! Is this just me?

 

[Денг Гордон]

They shouldn't be charging for this. The video quality is really crappy.

 

[Денг Гордон]

It looks like they're charging because they couldn't get any advertisers to bill out for commercials.

 

[number 10]

It looks like they're charging because they couldn't get any advertisers to bill out for commercials.

that seems shortsighted. If they were smart, they'd promote free, p2p streams of summer league games on popular basketball forums and blogs. Get enough viewers and they might be able to attract advertisers next year.

 

[Idog1976]

that seems shortsighted. If they were smart, they'd promote free, p2p streams of summer league games on popular basketball forums and blogs. Get enough viewers and they might be able to attract advertisers next year.

Absolutely! Unfortunately, that would involve them using their brains and thinking in a creative way. Sadly that rarely happens when an organization is involved.