Jesus this comment section is depressing. People wonder how EA can get away with all the shit they pull — look no further than here. Not only are people shilling for EA, for some reason, but they're attacking people who say they don't like EA or Origin. Are you kidding me? The desire to not want anything to do with EA…

Even being registered on Origin benefits EA in some way. I will never, until the day I die, allow EA to make one more damn cent off me.

That's generally the case with the law. It's intentionally obscurantist to give as many lawyers as possible as many billable hours as possible.

You're the one missing the point. Who loses money from Paul George's injury? The Pacers? Well, they get most of their revenue from revenue sharing IIRC. They'll lose some gate receipts for playoff games but that's about it. The TV deals are already signed.

Peter King is one of the few modern examples (luckily) of a sportswriter being in a particular kind of catch-22. What makes him stand out from other columnists? His level of access. Why does he have so much access? Because "the teams trust [him] not to screw them", in other words, because they know he won't do…

Is it just me or is Peter King becoming more like Rick Reilly with each passing year? This could easily pass for a Reilly column.

How dare they exist to make the governing bodies money, and not to make Mark Cuban money? This injustice cannot stand!

What evidence is there that NBA owners, Cuban aside (and my first reaction with anything Cuban does is that he's just looking for attention), don't want their players playing? They could easily end NBA involvement in int'l tournaments, but they haven't done so. It's almost as though they looked at the risk, and…

Jesus Christ your reasoning is impossible to follow. How does any of this suggest that international basketball tournaments would be better off being run by NBA owners?

I don't hate Canada, I just don't see any reason to watch essentially a minor league sport when there's a higher-quality major league alternative available, out of some misguided patriotism

What does that have to do with anything? The NBA players are the biggest draws, therefore the NBA should be able to hijack the organizing and running of the tournament? That's not how international organizations work.

We should all take the side that both parties in this situation are completely insane and live in a North Korea-type bubble.

Hunter Pence rides a horse rather less well than another horse would.

Good post, I was going to say something similar. The IOC is corrupt, that goes without saying, but Cuban is the one profiting off the inflated ticket prices you pay, the fat cable bills that are padded with high rights fees, etc. The IOC is objectively worse, but subjectively, has the IOC ever taken money out of your…

Most of the players aren't NBA players. Most aren't even American.

"Millions of companies around the globe"

Here's some ratings for you buddy:

You assume that people watch college athletes because they are "top tier". I would argue that this is not the case, that people watch college athletes because they are college athletes and they have a rooting interest in college sports, because of geographical or historical factors. The athletes themselves, I would…

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