With the NBA at a standstill because of the increasingly rancorous dispute between owners and players, a poll released on Monday found that 76 percent of Americans are getting along fine without the league.
Polling company Poll Position released the results of its telephone survey seven days after the scheduled start of the season on November 1.
The respondents, a random sample of 1,179 registered voters nationwide, were asked: “With one week of no NBA basketball, do you find yourself missing the games?’’
Overall, 76 percent said they weren’t missing NBA games, 12 percent were, and 12 percent did not have an opinion.
The months-old dispute has already caused the NBA to cancel all of the games scheduled for November.
NBA Commissioner David Stern has said it would take a month to get games on court once a deal is done.
Talks at the weekend failed to bring the sides together on the issue of how to divide about $4 billion in revenue.
Stern indicated on Sunday that the league’s latest offer to give players up to 51 percent of basketball-related income as part of a new collective contract would expire by Wednesday.
After that, the offer could drop to 47 percent for players – who in turn were irked by what they called an ultimatum
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