@2ndChancePoints Maui, Atlantis, etc. all follow(ed) the same, pretty evident formula, and I get they are sorta annoying, infeasible destinations.
but why not like the Great Smoky Shootout in Gatlinburg, or the Gilmore Girls Jamboree in northern CT, or the Border Bash in Chula Vista?
@GoodmanHoops The small, intimate venue in a far-flung destination was part of the appeal and the atmosphere it created was cultivated/intentional. Players Era isn’t categorically different, it’s just making a good thing worse.
@CurryHicksSage The neutral site-ification of the biggest games in college sports is genuinely my No. 1 issue/concern atm. NCAA Tournament expansion is the same thing — no more great late February atmospheres at, say, the RAC/Nebby/W. Virginia
@ryanhammer09 The European academy system makes it harder to draw a clear line — a lot of those guys start making apprentice $$ at 15, and it’s not fair to exclude them.
But overall it continues a trend of professionalizing CBB, which does suck imo
Right, I didn't mean that kind of thing would happen tomorrow, should've phrased that clearly. But there were also (overly punitive) rules that would have prohibited this and many of the European players coming over before.
I get this is a fallacious slippery slope argument, but it seems to be echoed by a lot of coaches who have no confidence in the NCAA to enforce future challenges to those rules.
@alanthefisher Maybe not quite <200k, but I feel like Lower Moyamensing has a good amount around 200-225k and has a lot of quintisential south philly attributes
@conomarz@ridestheq46@the_transit_guy Kudos to Seattle -- 300 events is awesome. The conferences, theatre events, etc, are particularly interesting imo. Graduated from UF where BHG is open to the public 9-5, and I'd always thought downtown stadiums could do more to activate the space more casually.