League Estimates ‘Significant Financial Turmoil’ If Season Competes With Olympics
The NBA is estimating that there would be “significant financial turmoil” if the season competed with the Summer Olympics for television ratings, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
A potential mid-January start would take the season into July, thereby competing with the Olympics. A January start could also cost the league up to $1 billion in revenue.
The league would also then have to readjust the 2020-21 schedule, according the sources.
The NBA prefers a December 22nd start date, while the NBPA have pushed for mid-January to begin the season.
Negotiations will continue through the weekend and into next week.
