The off-season is upon the Bulls as the team will try to bring in a top-name free agent to fill the seats at the United Center. (Courtesy Flickr user Asten)
Articles tagged with: NBA
Written By: David Noell on April 28, 2010
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Written By: Michael Beller on March 5, 2010
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BY MICHAEL BELLER – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
It’s no secret that people have had to cut back across the board during the economic downturn. In the sports world, that’s led to lower attendance and plummeting net gate receipts, the best measure of revenue garnered by teams and leagues from people going to games. In the first quarter of the current NBA season, net gate receipts were down 7.4 percent from the previous season. MLB attendance plunged 6.6 percent to 73.4 million, and the attendance at NCAA college football games dropped 1 percent from 2008, the first time in five years there were less fans through the turnstiles
Written By: Graydon Gordian on February 18, 2010
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At 3 P.M. Eastern on Thursday, the NBA’s trade deadline passed. Unless granted an extension by the league, NBA franchises are no longer allowed to trade players with one another this season. What’s done is done.
