Care to venture an opinion/ theory/ guess regarding the income of blown-us ball? Where does the money come from?
If you are asking about the income, the only place it can come from other than a deal like television for the NFL, is paying customers.
How does new business get paying customers? It markets itself in someway. That is what that Top 10 link was, a form of marketing.
Like John Barton suggested, IF, & that is a huge word, someone or group with deep pockets is willing to take a gamble on the concept & 'invest' knowing full well that they could lose their investment & the investment is sufficient enough to market & advertise in order to get paying customers, they might see a return on their investment in 2 or 3 years. If it succeeds then the investment can maybe grow into something really big if all of the pieces fall into place.
Imagine the teams travelling to each city to play in an auditorium or small basket ball arena, or civic center. Imagine each team being owned individually.
Do you think the NFL started out with domed stadiums with huge parking lots & expensive concessions & a television contract? Do you think the PGA always had million dollar 1st. prize money & there always was a Golf Channel?
I know this is more than a bit far fetched. But...with right person or people...who knows?
Now when John was saying what he was saying I said it would not make good business sense to simply invest money into a failing operation. There would need to be some Major changes & they would probably need to be at the core level. But IF, & there is that huge word again, some deep pockets with the know how wants to take a gamble...who knows.
I'm just hopeful for all involved that it does not wind up being a total loss, but that is more than certainly possible. Especially since the business, owners, management, is probably getting ready to lose their only real asset, the players.
Regards & Best Wishes,
Rick