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00:00 The NBA has a new load management rule, and I think a lot of fans are pretty happy about
00:06 this.
00:07 So the NBA can now fine over a million dollars to teams who rest their stars.
00:13 What are the pros and cons of this?
00:14 Okay, so to me this was the NBA's number one problem.
00:18 I love the NBA, but I heard from so many fans, I'm sure you did as well, that I went to the
00:23 game to watch Kyrie Irving and Luka play together, and 15 minutes before the game they were both
00:29 sitting out.
00:30 Because you didn't get a lot of warning on rest, which is mind-boggling for those of
00:36 us who have been watching the NBA for a long time.
00:37 Yeah, because you pay the price of the ticket and the parking.
00:40 You take the early time off of work to miss the traffic.
00:43 There's season ticket holders, and then there's the fans who maybe go to one game a year.
00:48 They drive four hours to watch their star play.
00:52 And 15 minutes before you're in your seat, the kid wants an autograph, and they announce,
00:55 "I'm sorry if you're here to see the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger's not going to be the
00:58 league's singer."
00:59 You're like, "What?"
01:00 I mean, it ruins you.
01:01 And not only does it disappoint you, it makes you think, "I'm not going back to that nonsense."
01:05 So they had to do something about that.
01:08 Good for the NBA for addressing their number one problem.
01:10 I think the rule is good that now you can't sit, for example, Luka and Kyrie on the same
01:15 night.
01:16 You're going to see one of them.
01:17 But I just don't think the punishment is penal enough.
01:20 $100,000 for the first offense, right?
01:25 Mark Cuban, that's rounding errors to him.
01:27 That's like an ashtray change.
01:30 Now you get up to a million, maybe, but these owners are billionaires.
01:34 The finance is not going to play into it.
01:37 And if you're an owner or a head coach, a head coach is trying to win games or maybe
01:42 lose this game because he's got three big ones coming up.
01:45 Is $100,000, maybe worth it to just take that?
01:49 So I think it needs to be more even.
01:51 I mean, a million sounds like a lot.
01:53 To us, it's a lot.
01:54 I'll take it.
01:55 But to them, it's like, here's a dollar.
01:57 And you'd be like, I'll pay you a dollar and I'll take the day off.
02:01 So their hearts and their right mind, I just think they need to maybe double down on it.
02:06 But it's a good step in the right direction.
02:08 And fans are going to be happy because they're not going to show up and have to watch a bunch
02:12 of G League guys run around and go, who's this on your roster?
02:15 Because that's bad for your product.
02:16 For sure.
02:16 For sure.
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