Friday, October 14, 2011

6 Companies You’ll See Less Thanks to the NBA Lockout

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tdp2664 InvestorPlace Source: Wikipedia Craig Sager Nov. 2 is a pivotal day for NBA fans. That day, TVs across the nation will flicker with the fast-paced, high-flying action of … well, Bones and The Closer reruns. Thanks to the inability of billionaires and millionaires to play nicely with one another, the NBA has called a timeout on the first two weeks of the season. The rest of the year could be on the chopping block, too, as owners negotiate with locked-out players over how to split $3.8 billion in annual revenues. That means pro basketball fans across the continent might have to go without watching some of the world's best athletes behind a backdrop of Marv Albert's exclamations, Charles Barkley's "turrible" and Craig Sager's louder-than-life sports jackets . It also means they'll go without a constant bombardment of advertising from some of corporate America's biggest players. Here are six companies — and some of their quirky, funny and downright bad commercials — you're going to see a lot less thanks to the NBA lockout:



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