With the ridiculous contracts being thrown around the NBA this offseason, I don’t see how this schedule reduction could be funded … unless the Players’ Association has already agreed to a proportional adjustment of all contract values.
There must be some bean counters out there who have figured out that the NBA product has gone past the line in terms of dilution of the quality of their product, and the way to get some fans back is to reduce the number of teams, reduce the number of games, or both.
If the NBA tries this and it works, watch out for the NHL and MLB to follow suit.