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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="Obelix" data-source="post: 1420200" data-attributes="member: 7292"><p>I do not know where you got "diehards" in my post since I never mentioned it. Actually, in a<a href="https://www.illinoisloyalty.com/Forum/threads/illinois-hoops-recruiting-thread.24604/page-42#post-1419772" target="_blank"> post very short time ago</a>, I had stated the exact opposite. National audience, exposure, and financial viability depend less on the diehards and more on the casual fan. </p><p></p><p>There are plenty of excellent players right now in the G-league, many with more name recognition (due to college) and more refined skills (at this stage) than potential 1-n-dones. I do not think a few of those 1-n-done players will have an impact. As I mentioned in many posts already, baseball has different dynamics and tradition, there is no real college baseball momentum and market, not even close to being comparable to college basketball. So you are trying to draw parallelism in a totally different market. </p><p></p><p>Minor league baseball dominates the space below major league. College basketball dominates the space below the NBA. I do not think there is market space that can be created in between. The ABA (as mentioned in previous posts) tried to attack the same space with similar tactics that you suggest, lower price points, family nights, family involvement, and other gimmicks and participation from fans (including dunk contests, etc). And they had star players better than any HS player who most people do not know (Dr. J, George Gervin, Connie Hawkins, Artis Gilmore). At the end, the market was not there. I doubt a few 18 year old 1-n-dones will have an impact creating that market. JMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Obelix, post: 1420200, member: 7292"] I do not know where you got "diehards" in my post since I never mentioned it. Actually, in a[URL='https://www.illinoisloyalty.com/Forum/threads/illinois-hoops-recruiting-thread.24604/page-42#post-1419772'] post very short time ago[/URL], I had stated the exact opposite. National audience, exposure, and financial viability depend less on the diehards and more on the casual fan. There are plenty of excellent players right now in the G-league, many with more name recognition (due to college) and more refined skills (at this stage) than potential 1-n-dones. I do not think a few of those 1-n-done players will have an impact. As I mentioned in many posts already, baseball has different dynamics and tradition, there is no real college baseball momentum and market, not even close to being comparable to college basketball. So you are trying to draw parallelism in a totally different market. Minor league baseball dominates the space below major league. College basketball dominates the space below the NBA. I do not think there is market space that can be created in between. The ABA (as mentioned in previous posts) tried to attack the same space with similar tactics that you suggest, lower price points, family nights, family involvement, and other gimmicks and participation from fans (including dunk contests, etc). And they had star players better than any HS player who most people do not know (Dr. J, George Gervin, Connie Hawkins, Artis Gilmore). At the end, the market was not there. I doubt a few 18 year old 1-n-dones will have an impact creating that market. JMO. [/QUOTE]
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