With the NBA lockout talks falling apart, and it looking less and less likely there will be any season, I tweeted that the only winners in all of this is the NHL. I want to change that just a bit, and say there are 2 winners in all of this and that is the NHL and college basketball.
This was huge for the NHL. The rating have been going up in recent years, but with the NBA not taking the spot light for the winter the NHL will now actually get some SportsCenter time. There will obviously be a ton of NFL talk, as that is the cash cow, but the NHL has to be pumped to be in the spotlight. Too bad they are still stuck of Versus.
The other winner, and I think could even be BIGGER winner is the College Basketball. Maybe it's just me, but I don't feel like it's been as good over the past couple of year. Sure, we all get into the March Madness stuff, but I feel like the regular season hasn't been as exciting in years past. With every basketball fanatic looking for something to watch College Basketball could explode.
I love hockey, but even I am sad for no NBA. It was just starting to get really good again. It went into kind of a lull in the post-Jordan era, and I feel like it was just starting to comeback. You had the most talent in the NBA since the 80's. All the major markets had teams with hope of a Championship, and you had the whole world collectively hating LeBron. Now these two sides are proving how greedy they are, and it's costing the fans (like it always does). When you think about it, it's almost illegal. They use public funding to build these stadiums, yet the product won't get on the court, because they can't figure out how to split the billions they made off you. What a shame.
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