NBA Stern: NBA may turn off canned music
Bloomberg News Service
Crowd noise may soon be the only sound at some NBA games.
Commissioner David Stern, responding to a question posed during an ESPN online chat, said he's no fan of teams blaring music or sound effects while the game is being played.
"We're trying to find a few games to experiment with for teams to give us a 'silent night' so to speak," Stern wrote to the questioner, identified only as JC from Boston. Stern declined to elaborate on the noise-free plan, saying in an e-mail after the chat that he isn't ready to "give up the details yet."
During the chat, conducted Thursday, the questioner wrote, "If home fans can't get pumped up and make noise on their own, then there is something really wrong with your league. The game should be the entertainment and able to stand up alone without canned music." Stern responded, "I agree with you. Unfortunately, most of our teams don't and think that the fans like the entertainment." Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said his team has tried it both ways, and that fans enjoy the noise.
"Customers come to have fun. We make sure that is what they get," Cuban said in an e-mail. "We don't sell basketball. We sell sore throats and big smiles on the faces of parents when their kids have a great time at the games."
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Nach Einführung des Dresscode schickt sich David Stern jetzt daran, Ruhe in die Hallen zu bringen. Ergo unser Spiel ist dann bald nicht mehr "The Greatest Show On Earth" sondern bald "The Greatest PSSST-SEIEN-SIE-BITTE-STILL-ICH-MÖCHTE-DAS-SPIEL-SEHEN-Sportaufführung On Earth".
Keine Musik mehr während der Spiele. Geht es nur mir so, oder weiß der gute Dave nicht mehr, was er so tagsüber machen soll?
Mit dem Dresscode konnte ich mich noch anfreunden, aber irgendwo sind Grenzen.
Bloomberg News Service
Crowd noise may soon be the only sound at some NBA games.
Commissioner David Stern, responding to a question posed during an ESPN online chat, said he's no fan of teams blaring music or sound effects while the game is being played.
"We're trying to find a few games to experiment with for teams to give us a 'silent night' so to speak," Stern wrote to the questioner, identified only as JC from Boston. Stern declined to elaborate on the noise-free plan, saying in an e-mail after the chat that he isn't ready to "give up the details yet."
During the chat, conducted Thursday, the questioner wrote, "If home fans can't get pumped up and make noise on their own, then there is something really wrong with your league. The game should be the entertainment and able to stand up alone without canned music." Stern responded, "I agree with you. Unfortunately, most of our teams don't and think that the fans like the entertainment." Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said his team has tried it both ways, and that fans enjoy the noise.
"Customers come to have fun. We make sure that is what they get," Cuban said in an e-mail. "We don't sell basketball. We sell sore throats and big smiles on the faces of parents when their kids have a great time at the games."
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Nach Einführung des Dresscode schickt sich David Stern jetzt daran, Ruhe in die Hallen zu bringen. Ergo unser Spiel ist dann bald nicht mehr "The Greatest Show On Earth" sondern bald "The Greatest PSSST-SEIEN-SIE-BITTE-STILL-ICH-MÖCHTE-DAS-SPIEL-SEHEN-Sportaufführung On Earth".
Keine Musik mehr während der Spiele. Geht es nur mir so, oder weiß der gute Dave nicht mehr, was er so tagsüber machen soll?
Mit dem Dresscode konnte ich mich noch anfreunden, aber irgendwo sind Grenzen.