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NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Tue Sep 9, 2008 5:09 am
by dreamcloud
The National Basketball Association will once a week allow fans to vote on which games are televised during the upcoming season on NBA TV.
Dubbed Fan Night, starting on Tuesday Oct. 28 fans can log onto NBA.com and vote for which game will be broadcast on the following Tuesday. The interactive fan vote will continue to decide which league game is televised on Tuesdays throughout the season (NBA TV will showcase a total of 96 games this year).
To promote its 10-year-old network, the league is also planning to make NBA TV available free to cable and satellite subscribers during a free preview Oct. 28 to Nov. 4. The network’s first game telecast is set for Nov.1, featuring the Washington Wizards visiting the Detroit Pistons.
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_dis ... 1?rss=truePretty cool feature. They should let us choose a couple of the ESPN games as well, to avoid Miami-heat type debacle scenarios from happening every single week
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Tue Sep 9, 2008 5:13 am
by Cevap
why would you need to choose ESPN games when they're gonna be broadcast anyway. Besides, if you have NBA TV, you have ESPN so it would be overkill. I hope they put on GS, Sac, Memphis, MIlwaukee on it because i barely if ever see them play.
Good idea.
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Tue Sep 9, 2008 5:16 am
by Duiz
Fellow RealGMers... Just like Rickrolling with the Mets, we are gonna have to do something about this voting. Any other Machiavellical minds around here that would join me for a rigging of the votes? (Muahahaha)
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Tue Sep 9, 2008 5:32 am
by 10scott10
Duiz wrote:Fellow RealGMers... Just like Rickrolling with the Mets, we are gonna have to do something about this voting. Any other Machiavellical minds around here that would join me for a rigging of the votes? (Muahahaha)
I say we bobcats a lot of air time.
either that, or the raptors will have every game on TV
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Tue Sep 9, 2008 6:20 am
by ToffKobe
10scott10 wrote:Duiz wrote:Fellow RealGMers... Just like Rickrolling with the Mets, we are gonna have to do something about this voting. Any other Machiavellical minds around here that would join me for a rigging of the votes? (Muahahaha)
I say we bobcats a lot of air time.
either that, or the raptors will have every game on TV
Just on Tuesdays.
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Tue Sep 9, 2008 10:14 am
by Magic All The Way
Too bad Raptors don't often play on Tuesdays.
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Tue Sep 9, 2008 11:21 am
by East_Coast
dreamcloud wrote:Dubbed Fan Night, starting on Tuesday Oct. 28 fans can log onto NBA.com and vote for which game will be broadcast on the following Tuesday.
Welcome to Rockets games every Tuesday. Nothing like having an entire nation voting for your team.
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Tue Sep 9, 2008 4:06 pm
by BrewCityBBQ
Damn, I knew the Yi trade would backfire on Milwaukee somehow.
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Tue Sep 9, 2008 9:22 pm
by Yadadimean
dammit NBA, stop letting fans vote for ANYTHING. The All Star game has already been ruined, now you want to ruin the broadcasts too?
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Tue Sep 9, 2008 9:31 pm
by HumbleBumbleBee
Magic All The Way wrote:Too bad Raptors don't often play on Tuesdays.
that might be a good thing...it would be Toronto Tuesdays all season if we had the chance to vote
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Tue Sep 9, 2008 10:54 pm
by Cybulski37
This is just the first step on our path to a full basketball democracy.
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Tue Sep 9, 2008 11:36 pm
by Patterns
Cybulski37 wrote:This is just the first step on our path to a full basketball democracy.
That's what they want you to think.
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:21 am
by Neal04
dreamcloud wrote:Pretty cool feature. They should let us choose a couple of the ESPN games as well, to avoid Miami-heat type debacle scenarios from happening every single week
If I'm not mistaken the NBA has flex scheduling(like NBC's Sunday Night Football), for scenarios like this. So they can change the game to a more favourable match up. If I am wrong about flex scheduling then ABC/ESPN/TNT or the NBA sure as hell need to implement it.
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:23 am
by fivas14
The Jazz WILL NEVER be on NBA TV again.
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:43 am
by rim_killa
so now we know the raps or knicks will be playing natioanlly every tuesday ... next question
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:27 am
by RJM
At least this opens up at least one Knicks game on national TV.
Re: NBA TV to Give Fans Right to Vote
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:36 am
by MaRcu5
What, people actually want to see the Knicks?