Hi I’m an American and recently the NBA added a in-season tournament fairly similar to the EFL cup and FA trophy. So I’m short I was wondering how important these trophy’s are to football fans? Like is winning the FA cup similar to winning the league? Nobody is very excited about the in-season tourney so I was just wondering if everyone share this sentiment.

  • DinoKea@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Four things that matter imo to make a good tournament:

    1. History: Hard to build and typically relies on other factors to have carried the tournament through. But by the time anything hits 50+ years of running there is a certain prestige gained.
    2. Prize Money: Pretty self explanatory, but if the money is there, the teams will compete
    3. Upsets: If the results are often fairly predictable, a tournament will struggle to succeed. I think for the NBA this will have to be the big thing they need to get right in this set up, otherwise it will fail
    4. Bragging Rights: This one is harder to quantify as it kind of comes down to the fans, but if it feels like something you can brag about winning, then people will brag about winning and make others want to take it off them