res-o-lu-tion

–noun [rez-uh-loo-shuh n]

1. a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, JOINT RESOLUTION.
2. a resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something.
3. the act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.
4. the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose.
5. the act or process of resolving or separating into constituent or elementary parts.
6. the resulting state.
7. Optics. the act, process, or capability of distinguishing between two separate but adjacent objects or sources of light or between two nearly equal wavelengths.

MY RESOLUTION FOR 2010 is to convince the NBA to stop interviewing players and coaches during the course of the game.

This is one of the most physically demanding sports in the world. HALFTIME IS 15 MINUTES! These fleeting minutes are as much a part of the game as the game itself.

• Would a business man want to stop and do an interview during a Power Point presentation meeting?
• Would a school teacher want to stop and give an interview during a final exam or lecture?
• In live music between sets there is usually an intense discussion with the band as to how the show is going and where we should take it. We re-hydrate, focus and pen the second set according to how the first set felt. I would not want this process interrupted.

Not one person I know who attempts to do something better than average would want their process interrupted.

We all know something that may seem small can have an immeasurable effect:

• Going left when you could go right.
• Stopping to talk to someone when you could have walked on.
• Pulling off to get gas when you could keep driving. etc.

In other words, IT DIRECTLY EFFECTS THE GAME ITSELF. There SHOULD be home court advantage, just not COMMENTATOR/LEAGUE advantage.

The pursuit of challenging yourself to perform at the best of one's ability is sacred. Pulling a professional athlete or coach from out of their zone of centeredness and focus while in the midst of this pursuit is a violation of something sacred.

The process of interviewing players and coaches while the game is still on the line is an assault on the level of focus it takes to play and coach this game at the highest level on the planet.

RATINGS.....I. GET. IT.
INTERVIEWING PLAYERS AND COACHES DURING GAMES IS NOT HELPING RATINGS.
IT IS NOT GOING TO HELP RATINGS.
(Neither is miking the coaches and players. This too is a violation of player coach privacy and an invasion of focus.)

NBA, I HAVE A LIST OF TEN CONCEPTS TO GREATLY IMPROVE RATINGS.

I will give you a couple freebies for now:

1. Have interesting and recognizable people do substantial pre-taped interviews of players to air before game and/or at halftime. And don't make it obvious pairings.

Suggestions:

• Lil Wayne interviewing Dirk Nowitzki
• Bill Gates interviewing Kobe Bryant
• Kelly Slater interviewing Lebron James, etc.

2. During playoffs, the city of each home team recruits stand out players from local high schools. The NBA then holds a high school level dunk-out and three-point shooting contest during halftime of the playoff games culminating in a final round competition taking place during pre-show and/or half time of THE NBA FINALS.

Judged by a panel of NBA greats as well as internet voting system by fans at home, one player might win the "judges panel" and another player may win the "fans panel." Most likely the same player will win both, but its a win either way!

To get the other eight concepts....(and they only get better), the NBA must first stop the process of interviewing players and coaches during the heat of the battle.

Happy New Year everybody.
Here's to an uninterrupted 2010

-ben harper

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In closing,

Thank you for the Let Shannon Dunk info...that's GREAT!

Love the A.I. insight. (DEEP!) Keep that coming.

Two guitars, two voices, two mics.
Yes, getting back to that basic sound or some form of it will be necessary.

KICKING OFF 2010:

• RINGO
• R7 LIVE AT THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL CD+DVD
• LAY THERE AND HATE ME VIDEO DIRECTED BY JAMES FROST

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