Shao recalls that Taiwan's professional basketball league formed just a few years after the professional baseball league was established in 1990. Although the basketball league soon folded, and professional baseball experienced a slump of its own, both leagues were instrumental in the institutionalization of sports marketing in Taiwan.
邵于玲回顧這段歷程：一九九○年職棒開打後，過了沒幾年職籃也出來了，雖然職籃沒有撐多久，職棒也曾遭遇低潮，但卻都是促成國內有系統運動行銷的推手。