If NBA teams are going to tank their season, shouldn’t they lower ticket prices for that season? Everyone knew that going into this year there would be at least the New York Knicks tanking it with a bunch of no-namers in order to save space for when they try and sign LeBron to a big contract. I think it’s fair to the fans for their team to go after a big name superstar, but it’s not fair to have the fans pay full price for tickets during the prior seasons tanking.
I know, I know, teams have to earn their money too. Well, then one of two things can happen, 1: The front office decides it can’t afford to tank so it goes out and gets some role players on one year contracts to at least put a decent product on the floor, or 2: They can cut the ticket prices, and hope that a big name superstar is signed that way they can get that money back by selling out the arena everynight. Problem is there’s only one guarantee in this situation, if you stink the fans won’t show and you lose money either way.