Cosh was writing on the news that NBA commissioner Adam Silver had hatched a plan to fundamentally alter the business of his league. Suddenly, the blueprint was obvious for all to see: Rest your stars as much as is needed during the regular season. Baseball fans in New York and Los Angeles could be forgiven for taking a pass on the whole of the coming regular season and paying attention again in October. Skeptics will say that none of this change is possible here, because the playoffs are where leagues and teams make big money. But they do that at the expense of the regular season.

Source: National Post December 26, 2019 22:41 UTC