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Two year old article predicting a relative decline in the NFL against the NBA even before the Kaepernick effect.
1 posted on 11/24/2017 1:04:42 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Only if the NFL implodes entirely. Until 2 years ago I was still a regular NFL viewer. It’s been 20 years since I paid close attention to the NBA. I’ll watch bits of an occasional regular Toronto Raptors game, but I find the lack of effort a turn off.


2 posted on 11/24/2017 1:10:23 PM PST by littleharbour
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Not much of a choice there. Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum.


3 posted on 11/24/2017 1:10:45 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Happy Thanksgiving!)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Actually the NBA will be declining on the heels of the NFL.


4 posted on 11/24/2017 1:15:50 PM PST by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

POLL: Do you watch NFL football?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3607605/posts


5 posted on 11/24/2017 1:18:44 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Headline: Muslims Fear Backlash from Tomorrow's Terror Attack - Mark Steyn)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

I think the NBA will be collateral damage due to the NFL and Baseball will take back the throne.


7 posted on 11/24/2017 1:22:23 PM PST by CommieCutter ("Trump is god emperor and he will win." -- some hacker)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

No it won’t. The NBA has a serious competitive balance problem. In the NBA you generally know as the trophy is hoisted which teams will meet in the championship round next year, with one “maybe” team in each conference. Last year the Cavs and Warriors met for the 3rd time in a row in the finals, with a combined playoff record to get there of 24-1. This lack of competition in the league is terrible for fans. This season the Celtics MIGHT upend the Cavs, nobody is upending the Warriors, and there is simply no reason to watch for any fan of any other team.


8 posted on 11/24/2017 1:30:14 PM PST by discostu (Things are in their place, The heavens are secure, The whole thing explodes in my face)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

As if the NBA isn’t chock-full of Kaepernik wannabes.


10 posted on 11/24/2017 1:46:06 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

I know I’m in the minority, but watching other people play games is an interest that has always eluded me, with the exception of baseball. Football and basketball I find especially tedious.


11 posted on 11/24/2017 1:48:53 PM PST by TexasKamaAina
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

I used to watch NBA basketball in the era of Larry Bird but tuned out when it became mostly slam-dunks and trash-talking. I always liked the three-pointers and hook shots but those don’t seem to happen as much anymore. I hate slam-dunking.


12 posted on 11/24/2017 1:50:26 PM PST by SamAdams76
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Both live or die on white money.


16 posted on 11/24/2017 2:04:25 PM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.Ever.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

The NBA and MLB have the advantage of a large stage with international players while the NFL is almost entirely made of of American citizens.


17 posted on 11/24/2017 2:12:29 PM PST by Blue House Sue
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Never liked basketball. I’ll stick with hockey. Each to his own....


18 posted on 11/24/2017 2:12:37 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Sorry, but a failing NFL does not make professional basketball any more interesting.


20 posted on 11/24/2017 2:19:04 PM PST by sparklite2 (I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Random observations.

1) Both leagues have a significant proportion of felons.

2) The refereeing in the NBA seems much closer to professional wrestling than any other sport, however, the NFL is catching up.

3) Any league that considers “bullets” a bad word is not going to receive any of my money unless it is from tax dollars.

4) The NBA seems less diverse than the NFL.

5) Both leagues produce too many unmarried mothers. It seems like to me that smoking pot should cause less league penalties than having a child out of wedlock.


21 posted on 11/24/2017 2:23:22 PM PST by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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LOL. An even BIGGER group of thugs.


22 posted on 11/24/2017 2:24:37 PM PST by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

I think the winner in the NFL implosion is likely to be Major League Baseball.


24 posted on 11/24/2017 2:37:15 PM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
Not in my house.

The NBA is WORSE by a factor of 10 than the NFL!

The NBA is nothing more than a bunch of tatted up gang banging thugs who do nothing more than drive the lane looking for a foul.

There's no skill or finesse in the NBA like there was during the Jordan, Johnson, Byrd, Dr. J, Dominique Wilkins, Kobe Bryant, etc.. era's.

The NBA is dead to me and has been for many years. I don't watch anymore.

31 posted on 11/24/2017 4:02:58 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

The NBA is absolutely junk basketball at its finest. Why anyone would pay to view the junk is a mystery to me.


35 posted on 11/24/2017 4:09:38 PM PST by Saltmeat
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

I wouldn’t watch the NBA with your eyes! Most boring stuff on earth.


36 posted on 11/24/2017 5:28:49 PM PST by Fireone (Lock Her Up! (and 100 of her accomplices))
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Could not care less about either league.


37 posted on 11/24/2017 5:29:55 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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