Do league ownership paradigms serve football's constituents ?

When Dr James Naismith nailed a peach basket to the wall of the YMCA gymnasium in Springfield, Massachusetts in December,1891 thereby taking responsibility for 'inventing' basketball, he can scarcely have spared a thought about the creation of the Sports Juggernaut that is the NBA. Though the first NBA game is considered to be the Toronto Huskies against the New York Knicks in Toronto, on November 1, 1946 - Naismith's actions created the brand new sport, and ultimately a paradigm as to how American Sports would be owned, administered and (more importantly) monetized.

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