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Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion
Not sure if this was posted or not
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New proposal would allow teams to send players to NBDL first 5 years of career and reduce pay to pro-rated 75K. Talk about non-starters.
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Snap take: Owners stuck to their script: Play nice for 11 hours, throw sucker punch in the 12th, tell players say "thanks" or else..
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League official says NBDL rule, along w/20-yr age limit + offseason drug testing are B-List and not take-it-or-leave-it. BRI/tax rules are.As Shaquille O'Neal left the Suns practice court, he yelled out, "Alvin's the coach. We must be the Clippers. And I must be Olowokandi. Nooooo!"Comment
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I agree. I'm getting a little tired of them sounding like they're oppressed workers just fighting for a living wage. And I can't imagine that their stance is playing well in today's economic climate.New Jersey Devils- 1995, 2000, 2003
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The bottom line is we can't compare what they're arguing about to every day jobs and suffering in this economy. They're in a different league. Our money versus their money is a dumb thing to bring up. Just, completely different.
Stern and the owners pissed me off with backing off the deadline. I get that they were negotiating by the time 5pm passed on Wednesday but they should have stuck to the deadline. That's the whole point. Get this done, negotiate, but if you don't accept by 5pm, then sorry, we're done here. It's bad form and makes the players think the owners are making idle threats. Which they clearly are if they're not sticking to their word.Comment
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75k? Damn. That's all d leaguers get paid?Comment
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Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion
found this on realgm
Agents Fear New CBA Aims To Reduce Their Involvement
Nov 11, 2011 3:01 AM EST
Several agents believe the new collective bargaining agreement will diminish the amount of contact they have with teams.
"The agents represent a threat to the control of the owner and the team," said agent Mark Termini. "They want to just deal with the player. They're going to tell him what to do, where to go, when he's hurt, when he's not hurt, what doctor to go to, what's a good deal, what's a bad deal, when he's traded, what time to report.
"The agent gets involved in all of those decisions on behalf of the player and it's burdensome to the team. They don't like it. They'd like to eliminate that. So in these negotiations, as the options for the players become fewer and fewer, it has the hand-in-glove effect of reducing the role of the agent."
Bill Duffy was asked if he agrees with that statement, he said emphatically, "Without question."
Termini says there is less he can do for his clients than in the past before the new CBA of 1999.
"I used to have 10 tools in my toolbox," Termini said. "Now I'm down to one or two. I can still build a house for my client, but it won't be as nice and it will be just like all the rest in the neighborhood."
Via Cleveland Plan-Dealer
Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap...#ixzz1dRCt7v3bComment
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Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion
The NBA owners' new proposal to the league's locked-out players includes a clause giving teams the right to send a player down to the NBA Development League at any time during his first five years and pay him a severely-reduced contract while he's there, a source that has examined the proposal told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher.
That clause, which had previously not been disclosed, is one of several elements in the owners' proposal that prompted one agent to describe the deal as "draconian."
Any player sent down to the D-League would be paid at a pro-rated scale of $75,000 a season, which is slightly above the current D-League maximum but roughly one-sixth of the NBA minimum, the source said.Comment
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Simple then. Don't suck and you won't be sent down.Comment
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Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion
Man im actually not mad at these players stance, im really not....
if they want to lose money to fight what they believe in, by every means, fight for it....its not my money, wtf do I care...they have earned their salary, and have the right to fight for it as far as I am concerned.
when I say I am PRO BALL, I really am PRO BALL...and from a pro ball standpoint, I know both sides could have ended this by now....but greed is in the way. This has been so ridiculous man. lol
Just give me some NBA.Last edited by The 24th Letter; 11-11-2011, 06:32 PM.Comment
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