PBA is in life support

I hate the PBA. Why? Because of many teams changing names over and over again. Purefoods to BMEG to San Mig. What's worse is the San Miguel Beermen changing its name to Petron Blaze. Those are just sick and names. We also have Global Port, Meralco. I think only Ginebra Kings and TNT haven't changed their name in the past few years. What do I like to see as a new PBA is setting the team's names in the places in the Philippines most especially, the provinces. Just like in the NBA man. Why can't Commissioner Chito Salud can't do that? PBA is really boring now, that's why UAAP, I think is the premier basketball league in the country now.

perhaps during those times PBA had the hottest stars unlike what they have today, they aren't as appealing as those players at those times. Talentwise, there's no question, I think it's just that people in the Philippines are just too busy making a living than watching TV nowadays.

In my opinion, the PBA declined because after the 90's they put more emphasis and funds on their imports. The local players got overshadowed and of course, the politics that ensued. A known sportscaster did cite this as the reason why the PBA has lost it's flavor. Imagine, a foreigner with questionable Filipino blood (you had to have Filipino lineage to play in the PBA) gets more pay than our best players. The only icon of the PBA who played until the late 90's was Jawo. Before, great players from colleges were slated to play in the PBA. Sadly, now it seems there is little of the college MVP's that do get to play professionally. The PBA needs a makeover. But nothing can ever beat the heyday of Crispa Vs. Toyota.

One word to describe PBA's decline over the years - pride. The reason why UAAP and NCAA have more spectators than PBA is because these people are the solid fans of their respective schools. They have school pride and they support their schools. This is also the case in the NBA. Each team has their own set of loyal fans who support their own city representing the NBA. This should be looked at by the PBA and they should try to develop a system wherein the teams would at least represent a city here in our country. The companies owning these teams would then put their brand names after the name of the city - Ex. Manila Gin Kins, or Mandaluyong Bolts.

Although I am not a PBA fan but I also noticed that PBA's popularity indeed has declined the past few years since I seldom see anyone in here as fanatic as before. I think there are more viewers that would prefer NBA over PBA. I do not know what happened I guess with the accessibility of NBA over TV made viewers prefer them over PBA. I also knew sometime in the past there were controversies that hound the PBA management and also some players did some controversies that place their name a bit unpopular. Plus the fact that they chose a TV channel that is not that popular could be a reason why they are not that watched anymore.