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[SleepingHero]

Eek.  I usually agree with you.  IMO, Silver has been an outstanding commissioner.  

Viewership is down everywhere.  Most households have "cable tv" as one of many choices.

I respectfully disagree. Silver has led the league to catastrophic viewership rates. Has allowed the league to become politicized, which inherently divides the viewership. And I have zero critiques about the actual politics regarding it.  But like Michael Jordan said, republicans buy sneakers too, and Silver has polarized his viewership. I don’t think that’s the main reason why viewership is down, but it is up there. 

Then he’s bastardized the history of the league by allowing ads on jerseys. All so these rich owners could get a few extra million which in comparison is chump change for eye sores on jerseys. He then allowed ads to be shown DURING the game while free throws were taken!!

And his most grave sin, was allowing gambling to enter the league. It’s so ridiculous that every single place you look, the league is promoting gambling. It’s so pervasive that players are saying it’s affecting them and we’ve already had a lifetime ban from a player betting on himself.

He’s a bad commissioner every way I see it. But he’s made the owners a lot of money so he’s kept around.