If you are not aware, we have heard this year that the PBA was very near to an actual collapse. Fortunately, the pandemic has subsided and the league is on the road to recovery.
Wait. Are they?
This week we just witnessed two trades. One from the San Miguel Corporation and one from the MVP group.
Magnolia traded with the SMC farm team, Terrafirma. TNT traded with the MVP group farm team, Blackwater.
In both trades, the team of the conglomerate won. And by the way, the Barangay Ginebra-Northport trade this month was also a clear one-sided trade.
We have reached the point that the PBA teams who are doing it and the PBA management are immune enough to just do it.
The fans though are well-informed. They know that the trades are one-sided. And yet the PBA still expects to retain and even increase their fan base.
How can you even imagine increasing your fan base in sports where competition is the #1 factor of allure when you just allow lopsided trades like they are legit ones?
PBA may have failed to realize that the current imbalance brought by the farm team system is also one of the reasons why the Japan B League is thriving and threatening them.
PBA players are wise and have pride too. Why should they play for a league that allows teams to just bend the rules and gain supermassive advantages?
Can farm teams kill the PBA?
Yes. Because the number of International leagues who will make an offer to PBA superstars will increase and the value and credibility of the PBA will continue to go down, and one of the main reason is the farm teams.
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