The London Monarchs

People of various levels of importance have asked me what I'd think about an NBA franchise in the hit and miss city of good ol' London town. It's something that's been rumoured since the inception of the swanky new "O2 Arena", and it's been mentioned again as a possibility here.

I've always crapped on the idea. I don't think it's feasible. Even though Seattle no longer exists, the travel is unfeasibly far to the games ont he west coast, and so the only way to create a manageable schedule would be to have a heavy - if not complete - East coast bias. This is then unfair to the rest of the teams in the NBA, and the playing field is no longer fair. And as we all know, the NBA is all about the playing field being fair. Additionally, I think it's a bit pointless - the NBA is the National Basketball Association of America, and, at a reach, Canada. If you start changing continents, what precedent does that set? It would be like the Beijing Olympians joining the NBA, except this would be important. It's just not a good idea, even with all the selfish benefits I'd get from it.

But now I've have second thoughts. And here are those second thoughts.

Please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen please make it happen oh please dear Lord make it happen.

That is all. Oh man would this solve a lot of problems.