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Union lawyer talks NBA’s missing records
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Have you guys noticed that the media seems to almost always antagonize the league instead of the players. It's just a strategic move, its not like the league isn't giving them any information, they've already given them much to work with.
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The players whose contracts and bonus' are all public record? Or The League who conveniently refuses to provide the information requested? The players aren't at fault here, it's not possible, the owners gave them the contracts they have. Should it be the players that say "Nah that's too much money, give me 1 mil a year less and I'm good"? |
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the players have been in lock-step with the owners about marketing stars ever since oscar robertson. they aren't exactly opposed to being pop-divas.
the nba has elements of its composition that are very healthy and elements that are in quite sick. it is incumbent on both the owners and the players to get a better balance. we will likely see a better product for it. |
Yeah - I'm not counting on that. The emphasis for the owners appears to be getting an insanely longterm deal that locks in salaries before new TV comes along. All parties are more interested in making it easier to make more money regardless of the state of the game. There are obvious things like contraction, that would cause some pain to all sides, but clearly help improve the health of the league and the game, and nobody wants to make that any kind of emphasis. It's all sugar and no medicine, and no fucking games apparently either.
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The biggest problem with the NBA is that the botton feeder teams don't improve because they lose their best developed players to the same 4-5 teams constantly, as free agents. Players should have to stay with a team at least 8-9 years before becoming free agents. They need a better arbritation based salary system which allows a team the right to retain a player at a arbritated price and not give them so much freedom to just move on. If they choose not to pay the arbitrator's price and let the player walk, than few fans would have much problem with that.
To lose a Lebron James at such a young age would turn off many basketball fans for life. The only reason Cleveland didn't lose huge attendance this year was because the jilted fans wanted to show solidarity. That will grow old in a hurry if they suck again this year. The NBA has to be the most parity ignorant sports league in the whole world. Parity means league-wide interest zooms and you see more engaged fanbases in all cities not just in the same handfull of cities every year. League-wide revenues would zoom upwards and than everyone wins. Of course this is a pipe dream for a backwards thinking league like the NBA and it's players. |
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