Adam Silver Is on a One-Man Mission to Ruin the NBA
Adam Silver became the NBA commissioner in 2014. Since then, he has wholeheartedly embraced sports gambling while making games harder for ordinary people to watch.
When it comes to fans, it seems clear the type of community Adam Silver prefers is a gated one; the games are for the rich to watch and attend. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)
At the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) annual board of governors meeting, the New York Times’ Tania Ganguli asked the NBA’s commissioner, Adam Silver, about the rising costs of fandom.
To anyone who enjoys attending games, his response was deeply disappointing. “There’s a huge amount of our content that people can essentially consume for free. I mean, this is very much a highlights-based sport,” he told Ganguli.
Silver made his comments in the context of a massive eleven-year, $76 billion media rights deal set to come into effect this upcoming season. The deal expands the league’s number of partnerships — now including the likes of NBCUniversal and Amazon Prime Video — and spreads more games across multiple subscription services.
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