Welcome New Members
Let me be the first to welcome all new and potiental members to OMT. As many of you have noticed we brought on RealGM as a sponsor and our latest national coverage was from Ball Don’t Lie (Yahoo Sports). Skeets was dead on about what we are going to do here. We are starting an IBL team, and our members are going to run it. For those wondering if this really can work, I challenge you to think about it. Do democracies work? Sure angry fans do call into sports shows with very hot and cold responses. One week a fan might call in wanting to fire a coach, and the next week the same caller will call in saying what a great job the coach is doing. This isn’t the same as actually having your hand on the trigger. When you fire a coach your organization has to eat his or her contract. Plus, the majority of owners have to vote for it in order to make it happen. Trust me, when your finger is on the trigger it is much different. I don’t believe anyone will make rash decisions. The fan run soccer team in the UK has kept the same manager since their operations began.
Winning an IBL Title is the first step of many sweeping changes you can make to change the face of sports. What is so great about our country? About democracy? If you don’t like something, then you have a voice to do something about it. Personally, I don’t like how many of our sports teams are run today. There is a major disconnect between the organization’s front office and the community. Shouldn’t the community’s fans have a stake in the team? Seriously, I bet Knick fans understand.
The IBL is really just the first step in the process here. We aren’t signing the biggest name free agents, but we are looking for the next Jamario Moon. Plus, in the future we can add franchises to our organization. One thing I have been blogging about is the Iceland Express League. It sounds weird until you Google it, then it just sounds cool. The Greater Reykjavik Area has a population of around 200,000 residents. On top of that the top team in Iceland participates in EuroCup, so we could own a franchise that competes with the top teams in Europe. Technically the EuroLeague is a possibility if we grew a franchise to that level. Seriously, with your help we could eventually get a team in Europe and get into the EuroCup. Eventually this could lead to EuroLeague play.
The truth is this opportunity is only going to go as far as YOU take it. New members should click here to invite all your friends to join OMT. Also, please get involved with your blog or forum membership. Let the basketball community know exactly what we are doing. Together we can create change in professional basketball. The IBL is the perfect league to start out. The IBL is a spring league with a 22 second shot clock. The league begins when the NBDL, CBA, PBL, ABA, and many European teams are calling it quits. That means the best talent outside the NBA is available when the IBL season begins. Could we build the best team outside of the NBA? I think so.
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