Want to go to the Euroleague Final Four this May in Milan?
Plan on spending 265 Euros minimum for a seat at the Mediolanum Forum. Check out this link to see the different ticket packages for this three day event to crown the champion of Euroleague
http://www.ticketone.it/euroleague-final-four-tickets.html?affiliate=PI3&doc=artistPages/tickets&fun=artist&action=tickets&kuid=488488
While the Forum only seats 12,500, I still feel like the tickets are highly overpriced given what the on court talent is. I personally would recommend having the Final Four in a bigger arena, and offering tickets at a discounted price. This would allow all fans, not just wealthy ones to see what the Euroleague is all about. While ticket revenue might be slightly less, I think that the potential for increased fan loyalty and a broader appeal could lead to larger revenues in the long term.
Do you guys think the current ticket prices should stay the same or should they be lowered to attract a wider fan base?
-Lucas Cohen
Monday, March 10, 2014
Money Matters
Looking at this and knowing the average NBA team spends around $100 million each year, how can Euroleague ever reach that level? And even if they do will they compete for players with the NBA?
Here is a list of how much money Euroleague teams spend each year: http://www.ballineurope.com/european-basketball/budgets-of-basketball-clubs-in-europe/
Also here's the value of all teams in the NBA according to Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/nba-valuations/#page:1_sort:0_direction:asc_search:
-Brad Williams
Here is a list of how much money Euroleague teams spend each year: http://www.ballineurope.com/european-basketball/budgets-of-basketball-clubs-in-europe/
Also here's the value of all teams in the NBA according to Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/nba-valuations/#page:1_sort:0_direction:asc_search:
-Brad Williams
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Analysis of Ownership
NBA and the Euroleague owners make money off of their teams from the sponsors, ticket sales, endorsements, merchandise etc. There are 40 majority owners that make up the 30 teams in the NBA. Several companies are also backing these teams. These owners are interested in a piece of these teams for several reasons. One being that you will make money when or if you sell. Over the last 25 years, there was just one franchise that was sold for less that it was bought. Just to show how much these teams are being sold for, the pistons sold in 2011 to a private equity investor TomGores for an amount reported to be anywhere from $300 million to $425 million despite losing an estimated $20 million to $30 million a year. Owning a team can also help the owners' businesses by gaining exposure especially with the NBA. NBA ownership gets them 8,000-word profiles in The New York times. There is also the potential for owners to make a fiscal profit. Even taking the NBA’s financial numbers at face value, there are eight teams make money for their owners.
One of the most interesting feature of the Euroleague is that there is no homogeneous structure. You can have one person owning a team, have a company own a team and you can have members owning the club. Contrary to the logic of a commercial league such as the NBA, most of the people putting money into European basketball know they will never see that money back. Of course, Euroleague is meant to be a money-making business but very rarely is it a business that brings money back to the owners. They do it as a marketing resource to promote their product; they do it for political reasons, to have better ties with a political scenario; they do it for personal reasons or for a relationship with the
local community. Or people do it just because they are crazy fans.
As you can see both the NBA and Euroleague owners have a level of self-interest invested in their team. Do you believe that these owners have interest in the teams that go beyond just a monetary investment?
- Curtis Businski
One of the most interesting feature of the Euroleague is that there is no homogeneous structure. You can have one person owning a team, have a company own a team and you can have members owning the club. Contrary to the logic of a commercial league such as the NBA, most of the people putting money into European basketball know they will never see that money back. Of course, Euroleague is meant to be a money-making business but very rarely is it a business that brings money back to the owners. They do it as a marketing resource to promote their product; they do it for political reasons, to have better ties with a political scenario; they do it for personal reasons or for a relationship with the
local community. Or people do it just because they are crazy fans.
As you can see both the NBA and Euroleague owners have a level of self-interest invested in their team. Do you believe that these owners have interest in the teams that go beyond just a monetary investment?
- Curtis Businski
League Structures
The NBA is essentially its own governing body with a fairly straight forward structure. The NBA is headed by the Commissioner, Adam Silver who possesses a lot of power in the league. The teams will draft players to get into the league. The playoffs for the NBA includes 8 teams from each of the two conferences with the three division winners receiving the 3 highest seeds, and the remaining teams being seeded in order of record. They play a best of seven series, and the team with the best record will receive home court advantage.
Euroleague is very different from the NBA's structure. Euroleague is composed of different teams from the different basketball leagues in each country. Euroleague is separate from the individual countries leagues and is basically a playoff league. On the other hand the NBA is a completely self contained league with the regular season and playoffs all under the control of the NBA. Euroleague gives out a certain number of A, B and C licenses and the teams that have a license are allowed to play in Euroleague. The regular season starts with 24 teams with 6 teams in each of the four divisions. Each team in each division plays the others twice and then 8 teams are eliminated. Then there is the top 16, the quarterfinals and the Final Four. Another major difference is that these games are single elimination while the NBA plays prolonged series.
The NBA seems to have a good system but the playoffs are so prolonged and a lot of the regular season seems meaningless with so many games. Euroleague has a March Madness like structure but I'm not sure how much I like the single elimination. What do you think is the best format for a league?
-Brad Williams
http://www.euroleague.net/rs/47719/84bd1f8d-134d-42a0-a8ee-cd688d29aaa2/301/filename/2013-2014-el-bylaws.pdf
http://www.euroleague.net/competition/format
Euroleague is very different from the NBA's structure. Euroleague is composed of different teams from the different basketball leagues in each country. Euroleague is separate from the individual countries leagues and is basically a playoff league. On the other hand the NBA is a completely self contained league with the regular season and playoffs all under the control of the NBA. Euroleague gives out a certain number of A, B and C licenses and the teams that have a license are allowed to play in Euroleague. The regular season starts with 24 teams with 6 teams in each of the four divisions. Each team in each division plays the others twice and then 8 teams are eliminated. Then there is the top 16, the quarterfinals and the Final Four. Another major difference is that these games are single elimination while the NBA plays prolonged series.
The NBA seems to have a good system but the playoffs are so prolonged and a lot of the regular season seems meaningless with so many games. Euroleague has a March Madness like structure but I'm not sure how much I like the single elimination. What do you think is the best format for a league?
-Brad Williams
http://www.euroleague.net/rs/47719/84bd1f8d-134d-42a0-a8ee-cd688d29aaa2/301/filename/2013-2014-el-bylaws.pdf
http://www.euroleague.net/competition/format
History of the NBA & Euroleague
Euroleague:
Originally founded by FIBA in 1958. Split off from FIBA's wing after the 1999-2000 season and the Euroleague Basketball Company was created. During the 2001 season there were problems when FIBA created the Suproleague which took competition away from Euroleague. After the 2001 season the two leagues decided it was best to join together and be one league, so the teams in Suproleague became a part of Euroleague.
Currently Euroleague is in charge of European professional competitions and FIBA is now in control over the national team competitions. In July of 2010 Turkish Airlines paid Euroleague 15 million euros to officially name the league Turkish Airlines Euroleague. Euroleague is broadcast in 200 countries with millions of fans worldwide, especially in China.
NBA:
Founded in 1946 in NYC, and originally called the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The first game ever played was in Toronto Canada and featured the New York Knickerbockers and the Toronto Huskies. In 1949 the National Basketball League (NBL) and the BAA merged to create the National Basketball Association known to us today.
The American Basketball Association ABA became a threat to the NBA when players began signing with ABA teams. NBA agreed to do a merger with the ABA acquiring the teams in the league and establishing the NBA as the premier basketball league in the world. The NBA currently has 30 teams in two conferences, with one team in Canada and the other 29 based in the US.
Comparisons:
Euroleague actually was a split-off from the original FIBA, while the NBA was the result of a merger of different leagues and both are the premier leagues on their respective continents. Most people view the NBA as a superior league to Euroleague. How can Euroleague prevent themselves from being viewed as a feeder into the NBA and will the ever be on an equal playing field as the NBA.
-Brad Williams
http://www.euroleague.net/history
http://www.nba.com/history/
Originally founded by FIBA in 1958. Split off from FIBA's wing after the 1999-2000 season and the Euroleague Basketball Company was created. During the 2001 season there were problems when FIBA created the Suproleague which took competition away from Euroleague. After the 2001 season the two leagues decided it was best to join together and be one league, so the teams in Suproleague became a part of Euroleague.
Currently Euroleague is in charge of European professional competitions and FIBA is now in control over the national team competitions. In July of 2010 Turkish Airlines paid Euroleague 15 million euros to officially name the league Turkish Airlines Euroleague. Euroleague is broadcast in 200 countries with millions of fans worldwide, especially in China.
NBA:
Founded in 1946 in NYC, and originally called the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The first game ever played was in Toronto Canada and featured the New York Knickerbockers and the Toronto Huskies. In 1949 the National Basketball League (NBL) and the BAA merged to create the National Basketball Association known to us today.
The American Basketball Association ABA became a threat to the NBA when players began signing with ABA teams. NBA agreed to do a merger with the ABA acquiring the teams in the league and establishing the NBA as the premier basketball league in the world. The NBA currently has 30 teams in two conferences, with one team in Canada and the other 29 based in the US.
Comparisons:
Euroleague actually was a split-off from the original FIBA, while the NBA was the result of a merger of different leagues and both are the premier leagues on their respective continents. Most people view the NBA as a superior league to Euroleague. How can Euroleague prevent themselves from being viewed as a feeder into the NBA and will the ever be on an equal playing field as the NBA.
-Brad Williams
http://www.euroleague.net/history
http://www.nba.com/history/
A Perfect Partnership
Turkish Airlines love their relationship with the Euroleague, so back in October 2013 they signed an extension through the 2020 season.
The relationship between Euroleague and Turkish Airlines is more than just a simple sponsorship. Since the partnership began in 2010, Euroleague has really took off. The two companies collaborated and developed social media campaigns/promotions, mass marketed documentaries and live games broadcasts shown in-flight.
In 2012, Turkish Airlines continued to be more than just a sponsor, they became a founding partner of One Team, which is a social responsibly program run by Euroleague, in which uses sports to help disadvantaged communities across the world.
Turkish Airlines also has garnered increased exposure since joining on with Euroleague in 2010. Kobe Bryant and Lionel Messi, two of the most famous athletes in the world, star in a commercial for Turkish Airlines that has 137 million views on YouTube.
Jordi Bertomeu, President and CEO of Euroleague, said, "We are collaborating hand-in-hand to enhance the profile of the Europeans basketball globally and to bring its benefits to the communities that both Turkish Airlines and Euroleague depend on and seek to serve better."
Personally I do not think this partnership could be going any better for either side. Turkish Airlines is become a world-wide brand as well as the Euroleague extending its reach to more people across the world.
Some Questions to consider:
1-Do you think it is a good idea for the main sponsor of Euroleague to have such an influence in the goings on of the business?
2-Is there a future to innovative collaborations like this in other sports league around the world?
Dr. Chris O'Hanlon
-Avid Sports Blogger and Amateur Magician
Friday, February 28, 2014
Unlike in the Euroleague, in the NBA almost all of the 30 teams have an operating profit, with 25 out of the 30 teams not losing money. The New York Knicks lead the way with a annual profit of about $96 million.
David Stern, the former NBA commissioner, helped grow the NBA into a world-wide powerhouse in his 30 year tenure with the NBA. If it weren't for the NBA's growth, Euroleague would not be anywhere close to the level it is at today.
The NBA drives the basketball landscape all over the world, and with the interest in basketball growing so immensely in the United States, it has caused a growth in Europe.
The past NBA season was the most successful in a business standpoint, with an average of $23.7 million operating income across the board.
For a more intensive look into the money making machine that is the NBA, check out this article in Forbes.com: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2014/01/22/as-stern-says-goodbye-knicks-lakers-set-records-as-nbas-most-valuable-teams/
Question: Do you think if the NBA was not as successful as it is, that the Euroleague would be growing at the rate that it is? Does the NBA have a major impact on the goings on over in Europe and around the basketball world?
Dr. Chris O'Hanlon
-Avid Sports Blogger and Amateur Magician
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