GVC
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Pretty much, yes.
Lockout!!!
- Thread starter colton
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GVC
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How do you cave on something you didn't even care about to begin with? It seems the only thing the owners ever cared about was what split of BRI they'd be getting, which was fairly transparent from the start.
"NBA labor talks break down again" - yahoo
sigh
sigh
carolinajazz
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.....yahoo!!!
jumpin bean
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cancel the whole season.I love basketball but the players need to go on welfare before they see the light .Billy and F ish are taking their troops right down broke street.they will be on corners begging ,,any change you can spare mister,and I will say nothing and just keep walkin by.
carolinajazz
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Looks like we move to phase II....the "Dutch" proposal! Stern said. "The next offer will reflect the extraordinary losses that are piling up now." But even a 50-50 split would be too high for some hard-line owners, because it would reduce only $280 million of the $300 million they said they lost last season. Owners initially proposed a BRI split that players said would have had them around 40 percent.
....for each month the lockout continues and the players refuse to sign....it drops another percentage point!
Read more: https://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/nba/10/28/nba.labor.ap/index.html#ixzz1c7g0fZIU
....for each month the lockout continues and the players refuse to sign....it drops another percentage point!
Read more: https://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/nba/10/28/nba.labor.ap/index.html#ixzz1c7g0fZIU
billyshelby
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There's an obvious deal at 51. But 51 has become the elephant in the corner of the room because it's the number both sides feel weakens their bargaining position if they offer it. Someone has to get this number on the table in a way the players can accept without feeling they caved.
freakazoid
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Why? I don't get why some people seem to be taking this issue personally. Is your bank account going to be affected by this? Will you feel better about the rich getting richer, just because they're not as rich as the other side? I honestly couldn't care less about the wealth of the people on either side of this. My only hope is that Utah benefits from a few league changes.
billyshelby
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For that matter, the players shouldn't be taking this personally. They dealt from a position of strength the last 2 CBA's when the economy favored them. They obviously struck excellent deals. But the pendulum has swung back. Whether the 'correction' in the owners' position is unfair is irrelevant. They need to strike a pragmatic deal, make their money, and live to fight another day.
If they'd like a reference, I suggest they refer to every municipal union CBA that has been renegotiated since 2008. I guarantee teachers and sanitation workers and firefighters have all seen hiring freezes and minimal wage increases, and that's forgetting layoffs to which NBA players will never be subjected.
carolinajazz
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...51 may be the number....but only if it's 51 to the owners and 49 to the players! 50 seems to be the real number. Guess the players would rather start losing checks than take that 50 percent. These tattooed wonders have never been much on thinking....spent most of their time chasing women and drinkin!