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Stern is pushing for equal opportunity (financially) to create parity. At least that is part of what he is selling, and it's BS. So again,...
What's the difference? The Lakers and Rockets will never have an equal opportunity as long as they have a Kobe type player on their roster and we...
It undermines the position that equalizing spending will create parity. You will never have parity in a league like the NBA, due to the limited...
Very good piece. Here is a snippet:
http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-student-loan-debt-relief-plan-too-good-234242818.html President Obama on Wednesday is launching a new plan to...
That's possible. I happen to think the league will truly start to negotiate as their entire strategy seems dependent on broke athletes not being...
The owners have to make some concessions from their outrageous demands to get the players to agree to a deal. That has everything to do with a...
I guess a few players do have some business savvy.
Well everything you say revolves around the players missing money now. I don't see how anyone can argue that long-term, the deal that the owners...
There is a difference between missing some paychecks and missing an entire season's worth of salary. Because starving players for money might...
Just to see the other side, some good takes on what the owners stand to lose. Yes I know, some think they are willing to lose this if the future...
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What provisions are those? Do the rest of the players have these same provisions? He isn't the only one talking about being willing to miss the...
No, then the players just decertify and it goes to the courts. Just read through this thread as an example. Everything is predicated around...
The situations are not comparable as the interest level in both sports is completely different. Hockey doesn't need much recovery time to get...
No one is denying that, and that's what the owners are banking on. But if the players really are willing to miss an entire season then that's a...
It depends on if you believe their take that they are concerned about future generations of players. Everything I see about the players not being...
How is their position worse if they too are prepared to miss the entire season to avoid a garbage deal (from their point of view)? That's exactly...
Forget the detailed analysis. Can you honestly name any other situation or sport where a guy who has never even sniffed a winning record, much...
