SRP
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12-21-17 07:09 PM - Post#240990
In response to JadwinGeorge
JG, I'm afraid you're confusing substance and image. You may well be correct substantively about the impact of the conference tournament.
But from an image point of view, Robin Harris and the league have been focused on using the tournament to get attention and "brand" the league as the classy, rooted-in-tradition, yet exciting and up-to-date place (gender equity at the tourney!) for the smart player to attend. They loved the whole "palace of basketball" stuff about the Palestra last year and played into that fawning coverage as much as possible. A louche casino setting surrounded by video-poker machines and slots methodically milking hordes of degenerate gamblers just doesn't do that job.
Mike assures us that we will not be in the Palestra next year, and I bet he's right. I have trouble believing that the venue will be a casino, however. But if wrong, I will happily admit to not perceiving the situation and its constraints correctly.
Edited by SRP on 12-21-17 07:10 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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