NubEnt t1_j0llr9e wrote
Reply to comment by lostcitysaint in Heat place literally every player on injury report after receiving NBA fine ahead of Mexico City game by XXmynameisNeganXX
Not that I’m opposed to what you’re saying, but there’s probably a financial reason for resting players for road games over home games.
If you rest players during home games, people will catch on eventually that it’s not guaranteed that your home team’s players will be on the court all the time, and your team’s ownership loses ticket/concession sales. If you rest players during road games, the other team bears the brunt of any such losses.
And ideally, the other team’s home market is mostly there to see their home team’s players anyway, unless they suck that bad.
cfranek t1_j0mdqn1 wrote
It has been shown that players get injured on the road more than at home.
Malvania t1_j0lw1xh wrote
Balance to that would be for home teams to designate 2-3 players from each away team as "undroppable," (subject to the player being on IR or something) such that they're awarded some sort of financial compensation if the player doesn't play. That would balance the financial cost of resting players
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