Supersize Me: Would garish, loud NBA All-Star Game work in amateur-centric SA?

20 Feb 2023

Sibusiso Mjikeliso

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Portland Trailblazers' Damian Lillard. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

Imagine being American billionaire Todd Boehly and getting laughed off stage at the mere suggestion that the English Premier League experiment with a North vs South All-Star Game, similar to the NBA’s.

Boehly made the suggestion in September last year, months after his joint acquisition of London-based club Chelsea, and was already thinking of ways to Americanise the Premier League and boost its already bloated commercial prospects.

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