Another NBA owner out

[erikbj]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11486641/atlanta-hawks-upheaval-3-months-making

I guess Mark Cuban was right, the owners should have kept their mouths shut - because now everyone is going threw your dirty laundry now. Guessing we will see a few more of these over the next year or so.

 

[jbindm]

The question is, will anyone in Atlanta notice? Attendance is awful there and has been for a long time even when they had a competitive team. Regardless of the market size I wonder if the franchise might get relocated.

 

[CyFan61]

The question is, will anyone in Atlanta notice? Attendance is awful there and has been for a long time even when they had a competitive team. Regardless of the market size I wonder if the franchise might get relocated.

The Hawks still get more fans per game and a higher % of capacity filled than the Milwaukee Bucks, who deserve to be sent to Seattle yesterday.

 

[SoapyCy]

Maybe I don't "get it" but how is determining what your customers want that bad? Companies do market research every day. If your average customer is a 40 year old white manager wouldn't it be natural to cater to what they want or like?

I'm sure Banana Republic has a different marketing strategy than FUBU based on some of these same things.

 

[Dandy]

I feel like this guy did it on purpose. He tried to sell his share a couple years ago and no one would buy it. Now he gave another excuse to sell his share and it is probably guaranteed to get purchased this time around.

 

[erikbj]

Maybe I don't "get it" but how is determining what your customers want that bad? Companies do market research every day. If your average customer is a 40 year old white manager wouldn't it be natural to cater to what they want or like?

I'm sure Banana Republic has a different marketing strategy than FUBU based on some of these same things.

But we live in a PC world now and everything you say might hurt someone's feelings. Not sure how this is much different from Donald, where is the NBA with the life time ban? You have a collection of 30 NBA owners, who majority of them are older white men............I am guessing you can find a skeleton or two in each of their closets.