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I understand it may be more difficult to get to the game on time. But, I think the earlier start time is more family friendly for those who attend the game and watch it on TV.
I agree the start time is silly. I think they'll change it back midseason when they find out how much less food and beer they'll sell since folks can't hang out a bit before the game.
I understand it may be more difficult to get to the game on time. But, I think the earlier start time is more family friendly for those who attend the game and watch it on TV.
30 minutes is a very insignificant period of time to make any markable difference in getting your kids home & to bed ... but 30 minutes makes a HUGE difference in the amount of traffic on the road when you're trying to get there.
OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!! WE GET IT! YOU'RE PISSED OFF, YOU'RE RICH AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE! Continually ing about the time change in this forum is NOT going to get the schedule changed! Call your ing lawyer already!
I was unaware that San Antonio had bad traffic? I figured that was one of the pro's to living there compared to Houston or Dallas (where traffic blows!).
The time change is aimed at TV watchers and being more family friendly.
Unfortunately, the people that go to watch the game are in the extreme minority of the overall fanbase. Many times the people will be watching at home and they will change times to fit the majority.
I'm sure if there are enough complaints it could change. Furry might want to stir up some drama where it actually would make a difference instead of trashing the Spurs organization at ever turn here.
why do we play the suns only 3 times again?
There are certain areas of town that are HORRENDOUS....our metro does have well over 1,000,000 these days.
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we play the suns 3 times because we will play them at least 5 more times come april...
Can't handle that other people have come in here and agreed with me?? Where is your response to all of their comments.
I stayed out of this thread for several days until someone else pushed it back to the top. I am simply passing on what I was told. This claim that everyone is so thrilled about the time change just isn't true. People who have to go home first are not thrilled. People who go straight from work like the earlier time- but not those who liked to hang around and have a drink or eat before the game. People who travel a distance are mixed-- some who have no trouble leaving early love it- because they will get home earlier. Some who have trouble leaving earlier and have to battle rush hour, aren't so happy. Some FAMILIES with kids in middle school who have after school activites that dictate what time they can leave, aren't so happy because they know they can't get there on time after an after-school practice/ sporting event/ shower/... My point is simple. The claim that all families prefer this is not true.
And for the record-- I know some people simply because I am nice to them. "Peons" will ALMOST ALWAYS help you more than the powerful. The right people to ask are not those in charge. The ones in charge are the ones who make the stupid decisions that the "lower level" employees have to deal with.
And my FINAL comment- part of my annoyance is with the "false" claim as to the motive. I think it is mostly for TV- as the big chunks of money made by the NBA come from television contracts. Do you realize that there is even a weeknight home game at 6:30?? Just for TV.
so the start time is for tv
would you like the price of the ticket to me more so it would be later?
I completely understand that there are people that don't like the time change. You throw around the fact that your tickets are expensive and that you know people, regardless of whether they are "peons", as you call them, or top brass.
I don't recall reading anywhere that all families prefer the change.
Yeah, I, and a lot of others on this forum, know those people too. Get over yourself.
You put "false" in quotes and then follow it up with "I think...", which tells me that you're guessing why the change was made. Like others, who have made more constructive comments as to the schedule change, both for and against, have said, if enough people complain and it appears to have caused a major hassle, they will probably switch the schedule back next year. They obviously fixed the whole playoff seeding problem, there is nothing written in stone that next season's schedule can't go back to the way it was.
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