To Hell With it!

[InGameStrategy]

The players have already agreed to take a cut of more than 10% in their salaries. Anyone who sides with billionaires operating in a cartel,

Isn't a union kind of like a cartel, too?

who frequently receive handouts from local and state governments,

. . . which has enabled the players to receive higher salaries than they otherwise would have received . . .

and have been completely unwilling to suffer ANY losses during the worst economic downturn since the depression

. . . except that they already have suffered losses--a majority of the teams have, in fact. Including our beloved Utah Jazz.

(instead demanding that their employees subsidize any and all risk they could possibly bare) needs to consider just how brainwashed they are.

The strength of your lamentation relies in part on whether their salaries were in line with comparable employees in other entities. However, their salaries were far about that, so your claim is bunk. BTW, is it really a subsidy if the players aren't paying anything--and if the remainder of their salaries are intact, above-average and still relatively guaranteed? Sounds more like bringing costs in line, which still doesn't happen even at 50/50.

 

[write4u]

I'm not siding with the owners. They're already rich beyond anyone's dreams, but I don't think owning an NBA franchise is about them getting richer -- they don't need the money. It's about keeping the franchise above water to support all that goes into it. Once the franchises begin to lose money as they are now, then the whole league is in jeopardy. The players are certainly making enough money and to me, they're acting like a bunch of spoiled brats who can't see beyond their own little world.

 

[Harambe]

Whole lotta "rich people never do wrong" bologna

What has changed, is the owners bluff was called and they didn't have the cards. So they came back to the table, accepted a 50/50 offer, quit demanding everything under the sun go their way(as noted by several sites saying the owners actually moved on them... finally), and we now have a season.

They, the players, now get to ply the trade they've worked their entire lives for(but will always earn way too much money).

They, the owners, get to practice a business that they own, and watch that business growth(although likely a loss this year).

More importantly, we, the fans, the true owners... the people that are providing their hard earned dollars to both sides, now have something to watch.

I can't wait for the details on the agreement to be made public. We'll continue this when we find out the details of the new CBA. I'm confident it'll show exactly what I said needed to happen... the owners moved on system issues. The owners finally gave in to ANYTHING, and progress was made.