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Excellent summary.
This is my 3rd time asking this, but what should the team be entitled to get for a guy that stayed 7 seasons, and then decided to leave? Why...
The Nuggets were forced to trade him IF they wanted to get something in return for him. You can't make a guy stay on your team forever. So again...
A sports league is not a free market only because the players agree to have those restrictions placed upon them. In other words, you have to get...
The Nuggets did keep Melo, for 7.5 seasons!!!! When should it be ok for a guy to want to leave, when his career is over?
As far as winning, how is the landscape any different and when has the league ever had parity? 1950's - 2 teams win 6 titles (Lakers-4,...
No, I'm not only blaming one side. I'm just not improperly blaming the players. Your statement was that players are sacrificing the jobs of...
If players can currently get 4-5 year deals then isn't a system that encourages teams to only do 1-2 year deals more restrictive? Why would the...
Why can't the players have the same out that you think the owners deserve, for multi-year deals? The owner takes a risk that the player will not...
There is less player movement. There are rarely trades in the NFL, and the franchise tag restricts movement every offseason. But a lot of teams...
Like Bucher asked, if you are against NG deals then are you also in favor of guys being able to opt out of a undervalued contract (Rose, Durant,...
A kids game that people like you and I pay extremely high prices to see, even for things as simple as a hit dog? A kids game that can get our city...
Easy, why do you say the players are sacrificing the jobs of others who depend on basketball? THIS IS NOT A STRIKE!!!
Every other individual out there doesn't have a multi-billion dollar industry attached to their very specialized skill set. Additionally, every...
Is it really worth it to the owners to cancel the season just so the players can choose to play for whatever team they want to? I rephrased the...
Old article but it goes into detail about the union's position regarding decertification:...
If this is really the unions position then it makes sense why they waited to decertify:
I don't know the specifics. From what I've been reading, the system changes will discourage teams from going into lux tax category and make it...
That's been going on plenty for the owners. Simmons, Screamin A, etc.
If I were a player the deal wouldn't look so good with me dropping to a historic low in BRI and having further system restrictions. The system...
