I hear that a fourth professional football league is starting up with Ricky Williams and 50 other former players behind it. It's going to be called the Freedom Football league.
CHARACTER TWO
That's great! Finally, football players are showing some entrepreneurial spirit.
CHARACTER ONE
What professional athletes don't realize is that their single best chance of taking over a league, becoming owners, and finally being in charge, is starting a new 4-on-4 full-court basketball league. You can't patent four-on-four full-court basketball, according to the attorneys I have talked to, so I have copyrighted the treatment, the script, and so on and so forth for 4-on-4 full-court basketball for any and all mediums. Imagine the reality TV shows, the scripted TV shows, the games, the tournaments, and everything else that can come out of this continuing script and treatment. The YouTube videos! The highlights!
CHARACTER TWO
Yes, and the important thing is that you can use the exact same infrastructure already in place for 5-on-5 full-court, but you will be able to change basketball from being the slow lollygagging game of running from 3-point line to 3-point line to being full-court fast-break again!
When it is only 4-on-4, players like LeBron James could dominate totally. The game would be all about running, gunning, dunking, lobs, and be flat out sprinting all the time. It would be a return to Showtime, Phi Slama Jama(R), and Dr. J time again. Basketball would be spectacular and full of highlights again. Bye bye NBA.
CHARACTER ONE
Yes, a 4-on-4 league could eclipse the NBA in no time, and do so world wide. Fans could participate as the reporters using their smart phones. It would even work for 3-on-3 full court, 2-on-2 full court, and 1-on-1 full court "death matches." It's all about math, and we have figured the math out!
CHARACTER TWO
Yes. Sabermetrics rule!
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