Im starting to think that the National Football League, the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball all have one thing in common, too long of pre-seasons. It is understandable why the NFL does it. They can still charge $40 for parking on pre-season games and still charge regular price for a ticket and still fill the stadium. Baseball is a different story. There month long hiatus mostly has to do with pitchers getting a feel for how pitchers will react to a Major League rotation. But in the end, it still serves as a money generating source for the clubs; I have seen sold out Red Sox-Yankee games in Tampa before.
However, basketball does not seem to be filling the seats. And the fact that there are still 8 days left before the Heat take on the Boston Celtics gives me a feeling that the pre-season is too long. With that said, there are still headlines that do not involve basketball such as Dwayne Wades custody case in Chicago. I personally feel that I do not need to know that Dwayne Wade is going through a custody case, but that is the state of the media. But there is only so much that can be talked about going into a pre-season game against the Charlotte Bobcats tonight. Luckily there are only three pre-season games counting tonights. The next two will be against the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday and then a pre-season game that might actually draw some interest and that is against the Orlando Magic. And then finally, the season opens up and I can actually start blogging about useful information.
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