Owners are losing money and they are in this for the long haul. Some teams will lose less money with the lockout then if the season were to happen under the old cba. I think there won't be a season this year and the owners don't care, they figure the players will cave in sooner or later. Can the players go a whole year without a paycheck? I doubt it as most probably didn't save their money knowing the lockout could wipe out the whole season.
th players went from 57 to 52. i think the owners shouldve accepted that.
i dont know about these other things we dont hear about, like this D league rule, and this amnesty clause though.
i agree though that you gotta take what you gotta take. let the business boom, and then win back what you lost in the next session.
i dont know about these other things we dont hear about, like this D league rule, and this amnesty clause though.
i agree though that you gotta take what you gotta take. let the business boom, and then win back what you lost in the next session.
hno:
The party is over on Wall Street too. Thousands have lost their jobs and the bonus pool has been scaled down by as much as 45 percent. Warren Buffet is losing money, bond traders like Pimco are having terrible runs, and hedge funds are closing and going bankrupt.
Things will rebound eventually, but we're going through major economic turmoil, and NBA players are not immune.
The NBA players are acting the same way as the Wall Street boys were a couple of years ago when they were whiny about cuts to their multimillion-dollar bonuses. Now a lot of them don't have jobs.
you have the "right" to speak freely... you don't have a "right" to force someone to employ you
anyway this isn't about the players this is about the teams
allowing teams to demote players only helps the small market teams.
How can a small market team compete with the big boys when big money teams can offer up contracts that guarantee money no matter if the players plays or not?
The players are protected by their agents... those agents will get the very best deal for their player. All these things the owners are asking for are to protect the TEAMS and make it fair for all the OWNERS to be on the same playing field.
do the players want the NBA to cut the number of TEAMS in half, thus cutting the number of NBA players in 1/2 and only keep the big money teams and let them (players and teams) negotiate contracts anyway they see fit?
INSANITY
I blame David Stern and the owners for this. Ever since the economy tanked three years ago, Stern has had his eye on using it as an excuse to roll back pay and benefits and gain more control over the players. He suckered them into thinking that the league was serious about negotiating and convinced the players not to de-certify as soon as the lockout began (which they should have done) figuring that as soon as they started missing paychecks they would cave like they did in '98-'99; it didn't happen and now, thanks to the agents whom clearly care more about the players' interests than owners do, the players have wised up and realized that de-certification is the way to go and that the league is ultimately going to lose.
