3) It doesn’t give an incentive for people to watch games
It all goes as follows. Fans of the so-called super teams or those who jump on the bandwagon, fans of any of the smaller market teams, or the casual fans who will watch any game they see on the television when they get time.
For those people who like basketball but don’t really support a team, why would they watch Golden State destroy Philadelphia for example? Although nothing is impossible, you’d have to figure that the better players will outplay and outperform the others when surrounded with others with the same capabilities.
This is why the integrity of the league is ruined by these super teams. Just because some players want the easy way of getting a championship, doesn’t mean everyone should do it. What happened to the morals and values your family taught you growing up?
As Cleveland versus Golden State was the matchup in the last two finals, one would imagine that New York in the Eastern Conference or Dallas/Portland in the Western Conference reaching the finals would be warmly received.
Since super teams primarily exist in the NBA rather than NFL, NHL, or MLB for instance, there isn’t a comparable example in any major North American sports league currently. Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona or Paris Saint-Germain are European examples of super teams, but they get a lot of revenue from television deals as well, something that politics plays a part in.
