Philc1 wrote:BigDaddyG wrote:Allanfan20 wrote:Nalod wrote:Dallas has a weird inability to attract free agents.
Would you want to live in Texas? I sure don’t.
The tax situation is nice. I'm sure it's always a consideration.
Players pay state taxes everywhere they play road games
Yeah, but that's still 50% of the schedule. If you play for a team in state with no state taxes, it's still nice.
Nalod wrote:
Dallas is a “Generica” type of American city in the vein of Atlanta, Orlando, and perhaps charlotte. the “New south” is easy living with lots of roads, urban sprawl and hyper growth in the 80’s and 90’s bringing new residents from all over creating a soulless culture void of substance for flavor. That said, Cuban is a player friendly owner and pays well.
Push comes to shove I’d prefer it to:
PHilly
DC
Detroit
MIlwaukee
Chicago
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Atlanta
Oklahoma City (never been, but thats ok)Some reasoning. Not that Chicago is bad, its a smaller and cleaner NYC with worse weather. So I’d prefer NYC. Philly and DC kind of the same, If I’m doing a big east coast city, do it right. NYC.
Milwaukee and Cleveland have come a long way since its “Rust” decline but I’d rather not. Indy two steps below those two.
Minny is nice, but that weather. Detroit might be on the way back, but not far enough. Atlanta has a nice music scene and culturally great for black Americans but the traffic and sprawl is bad. Not a great sports city due to all the transplants from other places.
If I do Texas San Antonio is the preferred place. Houston on the gulf has its charms but oil made it ugly and the Humidity is bad. Might have to put NOLA there. We forget its in LOUISIANA! But the marshes and culture has a charm to it.
Gotta disagree. Been to both Philly, Dallas and DC and I would choose DC first, unless you're Harden and you place a higher value in strip clubs Then Philly and Dallas would get the upper hand.
Philc1 wrote:BigDaddyG wrote:Allanfan20 wrote:Nalod wrote:Dallas has a weird inability to attract free agents.
Would you want to live in Texas? I sure don’t.
The tax situation is nice. I'm sure it's always a consideration.
Players pay state taxes everywhere they play road games
In NYC the effective income tax rate (state) is close to 9%. Players salaries/contracts are also paid out differently (for instance some choose lump sums). Even with the road game taxes - a player on a mega contract ($40M) could pay almost $2M more by playing in NYC vs. Miami. If you wonder why the Knicks have to pay more for FAs....this is one of the reasons. NBA salary cap must be tax adjusted as it's getting out of hand.
foosballnick wrote:Philc1 wrote:BigDaddyG wrote:Allanfan20 wrote:Nalod wrote:Dallas has a weird inability to attract free agents.
Would you want to live in Texas? I sure don’t.
The tax situation is nice. I'm sure it's always a consideration.
Players pay state taxes everywhere they play road games
In NYC the effective income tax rate (state) is close to 9%. Players salaries/contracts are also paid out differently (for instance some choose lump sums). Even with the road game taxes - a player on a mega contract ($40M) could pay almost $2M more by playing in NYC vs. Miami. If you wonder why the Knicks have to pay more for FAs....this is one of the reasons. NBA salary cap must be tax adjusted as it's getting out of hand.
I had thought about notion too and then added some extra layers on to it. How do you compensate for the fact that there is more promotional opportunities in say NY/LA versus OKC? Ticket prices? Suites to let player families use? And down the line
The owners pick the city which they want to compete. From there, each has its own unique characteristics and may the best team win.
