The subject of Expansion in the NBA is that which is frequently mentioned Among fans and media members, and Commissioner Adam Silver recognized the subject this week at the meeting of the Council of Governors of the NBA.
Money said any expansion of the NBA was not imminentSince there were still a few major obstacles to pass before the League was ready to add a new franchise. One of these areas is the regional television distribution rights and how the games would be distributed in the local markets of an arrival franchise.
“We would be messy if we did not discover how local regional television will work before developing,” said Silver, via Front Office Sports. “The idea that we put a team in a city where we are not currently working and say:” You will have to understand how you will distribute your games to your local fans “does not make sense.”
Although the expansion of the line is something that the NBA would probably have an interest in doing, Silver clearly indicated that the adjustment of regional diffusion rights should be done first.
In 2027-2028, as much as 18 NBA franchises will be free from their current offers With regional sports networks and would therefore be available to combine to create a national streaming platform. Given the emphasis on the non-expansion until the diffusion rights are locked, it is possible that we will not see a new NBA franchise introduced so far, or even a little after.
