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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: uncertainty
24 Mar 2025 Acquired Indian Premier League Cricket
“I don't know why I would watch one of the first three periods of an NBA game or the first three quarters of the season.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- uncertainty
- Recorded
- 24 Mar 2025
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Indian Premier League Cricket
Transcript context
…Well now after totally uncovering the IPL story, I think there were enough unique n-of-one dynamics about cricket, the BCCI, T20 coming in, and just the state of the primordial soup when IPL was formed, that do make it difficult to replicate directly. Probably the biggest of which being the BCCI’s overarching control of the sport within India and the cornered resource of the players and being able to ban them from playing in other leagues. That obviously doesn’t exist in the US. I think what is a total analogy is MLB and there’s some potential risk of early signs of the NBA too are going in a direction that long-term will not be good. I don't know why I would watch one of the first three periods of an NBA game or the first three quarters of the season. Or the first 95% of the season,…
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