The urban area of West Lafayette has a total population of 30,000.

I'm afraid this is really a bit incredible in China, and a population of 30,000 can also be called a city?! The population of some large villages in China has this number......

But this is the truth, the population of the urban area of West Lafayette is so small and pitiful.

But even if the population is small, on the first day of the training camp, because it is a weekend, the stadium that can accommodate more than 10,000 people is full of pits and valleys, and it is full.

NBA-level matchups, the key is to free tickets, and it's good to drag your family to see the excitement.

Three matches a day, one in the morning and two in the afternoon......

By the time the news of the match was reported, it directly attracted many residents of surrounding cities, and the entire stadium was always full.

It lasted for a whole week, and almost all the fans in Indiana drove to West Lafayette, and the free ball game was not watched in vain, and it was not too exciting to watch three games a day......

And according to newspaper reports, the spectacle will continue for several months, at least until Purdue University opens, and these training events will be free of charge, after which Purdue University may charge between $5 and $10 for admission......

Indiana is the state with the best basketball atmosphere in the United States, and now that this kind of event has happened, the fans are simply happy!

Not all fans have the opportunity to attend NBA games in person, mainly because the price is too high, even if the ticket is cheap, it will cost tens or hundreds of dollars.

It doesn't sound like much, but there are really countless poor people in the United States who can't come up with these hundreds of dollars.

Or that they might be hungry for a week......

Now that there are free ball games to watch, they are rushing to West Lafayette from all over Indiana in groups of broken cars that leak everywhere.

The fanaticism of the fans is quite easy to understand, as if the same thing happened in China in the future, where 30 NBA players had to play a training game in a gymnasium in a small fourth-tier city for several months, and anyone could go to see it without charging for tickets......

It is foreseeable that the fans who go to watch the football can crowd the stadium.

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Naturally, fans are grateful to Richard, and if it weren't for Richard, it would have been difficult for them to see NBA stars on the court in their lifetime.

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But the next official press conference of the league made these fans lose their minds angrily!

The NBA management committee, which was negotiating with the stadium union, suddenly held an official press conference......

Fans and media reporters thought that the negotiations between the two sides had made progress, and now they will hold a press conference to explain the situation.

However, this press conference did not mention the matter of labor and salary negotiations at all, and only said one thing......

After research, the alliance management committee decided to impose a fine of 150,000 US dollars on Richard!

When Xiao Hua said this at the press conference, the reporters thought he was joking.

Well, you and the players' union are negotiating, why are you thinking of punishing Richard? And a fine of up to $150,000 is not a joke......

Seeing that the reporters were confused, Xiao Hua told the reason for punishing Richard.

Richard had unauthorized access to NCAA players who had not signed up for the draft.

As soon as this reason was revealed, the reporters did not suddenly become enlightened, but became more confused......

The reason given by Xiao Hua can understand what they mean, because the NBA has a rule that the head coach or executive of each team is not allowed to contact NCAA players until they sign up for the draft, or before they qualify for the draft, otherwise, the league will pay a fine.

This is a rule that has been introduced a long time ago, but basically no one cares, and there have been coaches who have been fined before, but only a few thousand dollars have been fined, a warning has been made, and even some public contact matters, the league has turned a blind eye and has not pursued it at all.

But now Richard has been held accountable, and the fine is as high as 150,000 US dollars!

The league has rules for technical fouls and malicious fouls on the court, and the current maximum limit is $20,000, but Richard's fine obviously does not meet the $20,000 limit.

The reporters are well aware of these things, and what they really wonder about is......

Why would the NBA jump out to punish Richard at this point in time?! Shouldn't they be negotiating with the players' union with all their might?!

And it's not a matter of a day or two for Richard to reach out to NCAA players who didn't qualify for the draft.

Didn't Richard also take the Trail Blazers players to Purdue last season? Why didn't the league punish at that time?!

Moreover, now Richard actually has the title of honorary head coach of the boilerman, and theoretically speaking, those boilermaker players are actually Richard's disciples......

Does he come into contact with the players under him? Can you find fault with this? This is also going to be punished?!

It doesn't seem to make sense at all......

The reporters pointed out to Xiao Hua that Richard was the honorary head coach of the boilermen, but Xiao Hua avoided the important and did not explain the problem at all, and only said that he would act according to the rules.

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When the news appeared in the newspapers, the offseason, which had been relatively peaceful, suddenly surged.

There are a few states where fans don't particularly like Richard, to be precise, they don't like Richard very much, because Richard always bullies their home team......

So they rejoiced at Richard's heavy punishment and almost ran to tell each other.

And the fans in some states are Richard's hardcore, especially the Indiana state where Richard is located at the moment, because Stern was almost scolded as a pig's head because of this.

Indiana can be said to be Richard's home base, with countless and countless die-hard fans here, and there is also a reason why Larry Bird was so simply on Richard's side in the first place.

After all, the Pacers want to earn ticket money for Indiana fans......

Indiana's media is not too big of a deal, and all kinds of conspiracy theories are hyped.

For example, the ticket-free training game held by Richard made Stern anxious, and Stern felt that Richard's approach shook the foundation of the NBA......

For example, a tabloid report that Richard is preparing to start a new league with these players......

There are also some small newspapers, I don't know where to learn about Richard's billions of net worth, and it is even more popular to start a new business.

The fans are naturally angry, so angry that they can't do it, a good free ball game, I don't have to watch it!