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G League to offer $125K to elite prospects as alternative to one-and-done route
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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefIllini" data-source="post: 1420199" data-attributes="member: 588522"><p>The short term answer is definitely not. Do they ever televise G league games? I've never seeked them out, so not sure. If next year 5 of the top 10 (which is an absurdly high number if you ask me, but again who knows) decide to go the G league route, I don't suspect viewership increase that much across the board, nor would attendance. Maybe I'm not a big enough sports fan, but I dont care about minor league teams, like pretty much at all. I'll look up stats and finals, but even that is maybe a monthly occurrence. I have almost no desire to see a Rockford game, or Wolves, or Kane County, but they are all within 45 mins of where I live. I guess I should add the Windy City Bulls as an even closer team, but again zero desire to see them. If the number one recruit for 2020 was playing for the WCB in a couple years, I'd also have zero interest, just because he wouldn't be on the Bulls themselves.</p><p></p><p>I guess my point is similar to whats already been laid out by others. Minor league games don't draw loyal fans, they draw local area people looking for something to do. Adding good players surely helps, but if they aren't affiliated with my pro team, why do I care? Sure, the Iowa Cubs get a lot more interesting with KB batting third, but I wouldn't even go to see guys like Schwarber or Contreras rehab, and thats basically the height of the popularity of minor league teams. Sorry for the baseball references, but it was the best analogy I could think of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefIllini, post: 1420199, member: 588522"] The short term answer is definitely not. Do they ever televise G league games? I've never seeked them out, so not sure. If next year 5 of the top 10 (which is an absurdly high number if you ask me, but again who knows) decide to go the G league route, I don't suspect viewership increase that much across the board, nor would attendance. Maybe I'm not a big enough sports fan, but I dont care about minor league teams, like pretty much at all. I'll look up stats and finals, but even that is maybe a monthly occurrence. I have almost no desire to see a Rockford game, or Wolves, or Kane County, but they are all within 45 mins of where I live. I guess I should add the Windy City Bulls as an even closer team, but again zero desire to see them. If the number one recruit for 2020 was playing for the WCB in a couple years, I'd also have zero interest, just because he wouldn't be on the Bulls themselves. I guess my point is similar to whats already been laid out by others. Minor league games don't draw loyal fans, they draw local area people looking for something to do. Adding good players surely helps, but if they aren't affiliated with my pro team, why do I care? Sure, the Iowa Cubs get a lot more interesting with KB batting third, but I wouldn't even go to see guys like Schwarber or Contreras rehab, and thats basically the height of the popularity of minor league teams. Sorry for the baseball references, but it was the best analogy I could think of. [/QUOTE]
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