How to improve the PBA?

The number one Asia's basketball league, the Philippine Basketball Association, will open it's 37th season this October 2, 2011. 10 teams vying for the All Filipino Conference (also known as the Philippine Cup) Championship, the most precious championship in every season.

Some other says that PBA is a dying league, PBA is boring now. The big question is how will the PBA improve their brand of basketball like in the 80's and 90's? The gate attendance during elimination suffered an all-time low, issues about salary cap for every team and lopsided trades between team made the PBA very "hot" in the eye of every critics.

So how to improve the PBA? Here are some of the possible solutions to make it more exciting to the basketball viewers:

1. More expansion teams and lower the franchise fee to accommodate new teams.

It's great to see the PBA with 12 competing teams. This will balance the team and it will give new jobs for the other players who wants to play basketball rather to rot in the bench. I would like to see the team of SM (Henry SY), Happee (Lamoiyan Company), even competing brands like Beer na Beer, Touch Mobile/Globe. This will bring back the rivalries between team (of course healthy rivalries).

2. Two conference format

For me, two conference format is much better than the three conference format. One is the Philippine Cup and the Reinforced Cup featuring unlimited height conference for the imports. This will strengthen the player's ability to guard imports standing 7 feet tall or even higher. Scrap the limited height import conference!

3. New Stadium for the PBA

The PBA Stadium. I would love if this will push through, because there is no reason for the PBA to transfer one venue to another venue because of the UAAP and NCAA or even for the concert of Justin Beiber. And it's so uncomfortable to see SMC vs. MVP teams playing in the SMART Araneta Big Dome. (Talk N Text Home Court)

4. Better website for the PBA

I don't understand why PBA officials won't provide the league with a better website? As a PBA fan, i would love to visit PEX and other PBA related website rather than logging in to the PBA website.

5. Trade Rules

According to alaskachampion of the PEX website, the PBA can come up with a rules regarding of the trading of players.

1. RTL tenure will be 5yrs for those with existing contract and for those with expiring contracts the tenure will only be 3yrs. It means the player cannot be traded to any team within 5yrs. It will protect the interest of the team, the player and the “identity” of the team.

For Rookies:;aside from Main Five of the team the 1st-round draftee/s that we’re signed by the team who drafted him is automatically included on the RTL for 3yrs. And the 2nd round draftees that we’re signed by the team who drafted him will be automatically included on the RTL for 2yrs.

2. Any player not included in the RTL can be traded to any team, anytime or can be listed to RTL given that the maximum number of players on the RTL (Main 5) was not met. Players after serving RTL can be traded to any team or be listed again on the RTL.

3. *Traded Players cannot be traded back to his former team or to its sister team within 3-conferences or 1-year whichever is longer. Example of Trade that will NOT be ALLOWED: Miller traded by BGK to Air21 after 1-conference stint with Air21 traded back to BGK or to Petron/BMEG.

4. 3-TEAM TRADE IS ALLOWED but NO DIRECT/INDIRECT TRADE for Sister Teams. Fake Conduism (if there’s such a word) will be avoided by the *rule “3”.

I think these points will help the league to bring back the glory, as well as their beloved PBA fans.