NBA Changes for Good and $

Some minor changes are coming to the NBA with some involving adding to instant replay. One of them is now officials can check on all flagrant fouls calls in a game. A bit more was added to checking a defender's position around a basket on a charge or blocking foul but only in the final two minutes and in OT. Also Goaltending calls can be reviewed in the late stages of the game. The other thing that came out was the approval by the league to sell small advertising patches on NBA uniforms. This will be implemented starting in the 2013-14 season and the league is hoping to add $100 million dollars in revenue through this method.

I do applaud the expansion of instant replay in the NBA. I do not watch it as much as I should but I can imagine that this helps the game by eliminating more of the human element. That's a good thing in my book. However, I don't like the advertising patches idea. If you follow this blog you know that I follow soccer or futbol and just love the sport but the one thing that I find regrettable is the fact that the teams can put advertising right smack in the chest area of the uniforms. Heck, it seems even worse in Ligue 1. I'll admit that I have grown accustomed to it but I rather that the four big sports in the US don't start heading down this avenue.

It's one thing for Adidas or Nike to show their logo on the uniforms they make for the league. It's just clutter to add anything else.