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  • muggins
    It is now the SW Era
    • May 2003
    • 5379

    #4096
    Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

    Originally posted by Marino
    So, when the players get humbled and lose a **** load of money, when they come back will anyone go to the games?

    They just lost the casual fan, after that season last year. Geniuses I tell you.
    This is me right now, I was super happy about last year's season and was all prepared to start watching a full Pistons season and they screwed it up really badly.
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    • aholbert32
      (aka Alberto)
      • Jul 2002
      • 33106

      #4097
      Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

      Originally posted by WazzuRC
      WNBA season tickets. They got next.
      LOL. I'm not that desperate for basketball. Maybe I'll get Maryland or Georgetown season tickets.

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      • CMH
        Making you famous
        • Oct 2002
        • 26203

        #4098
        Originally posted by TheMatrix31
        Stern said the NBA fans are some of the most intelligent fans in the world.

        Uh, no.
        I haven't spoken to many people about this labor dispute but you guys.

        Do you think the fans understand the players are making a mistake or do most think the owners are being greedy?

        I won't venture into espn comments because that's worse than doing drugs.


        Sent from my mobile device.
        "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

        "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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        • aholbert32
          (aka Alberto)
          • Jul 2002
          • 33106

          #4099
          Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

          Originally posted by muggins
          This is me right now, I was super happy about last year's season and was all prepared to start watching a full Pistons season and they screwed it up really badly.
          Serious question: So if the league misses a season, the Pistons are allowed to cut some of those bad contracts like Gordon and Hamilton and the Pistons become a playoff team next year....you wont watch the games because of a lockout?

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          • OSUFan_88
            Outback Jesus
            • Jul 2004
            • 25642

            #4100
            Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

            Originally posted by CMH
            I haven't spoken to many people about this labor dispute but you guys.

            Do you think the fans understand the players are making a mistake or do most think the owners are being greedy?

            I won't venture into espn comments because that's worse than doing drugs.


            Sent from my mobile device.
            I would say that the majority of hardcore fans who are following this lockout would say it's probably both.

            I'd say the hardcore fans who are not following the lockout would say the owners.
            Too Old To Game Club

            Urban Meyer is lol.

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            • aholbert32
              (aka Alberto)
              • Jul 2002
              • 33106

              #4101
              Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

              Originally posted by CMH
              I haven't spoken to many people about this labor dispute but you guys.

              Do you think the fans understand the players are making a mistake or do most think the owners are being greedy?

              I won't venture into espn comments because that's worse than doing drugs.


              Sent from my mobile device.
              I would say its 60/40 owners right now.

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              • 23
                yellow
                • Sep 2002
                • 66469

                #4102
                Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

                Originally posted by aholbert32
                No Stern said that.
                I was talking about Stern

                We have the anti owners beat writers out there looking for a gotcha quote which is why Stern is being careful.. see


                Jonathan_Feigen Jonathan Feigen
                Stern said "now there is no one to negotiate with." Wait, didn't you say you were through negotiating? You played hardball and lost.

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                • RedSceptile
                  MVP
                  • Jun 2011
                  • 3680

                  #4103
                  Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

                  The only way to settle this is have Stern & Silver vs. Hunter & Fisher in hand to hand mortal combat. I'd pay good money for those tickets.

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                  • DaTwolves21
                    Banned
                    • Dec 2004
                    • 1895

                    #4104
                    Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

                    Why does it seem most are for the owners? I think both are to blame but owners aren't going to be hurting like the players. This ain't nothing to the owners, they will make they're money somewhere else. The sports system is very flawed, it's breaking down. I'm not for either side because this was coming and neither truly knows what to do. Everybody is greedy, when things revolve around money and who gets more, it's going to get ugly. I don't know what the future holds but I think it's time people start getting they're priorities together. College athletes need to realize a education is what your in school for. A sports career is very short, get that degree, that 4 million you get after 1 year in college is still going to be there after 4 years. We need enlightenment in our youth, stop glamorizing that life and offer solutions so when things like this happen, they are prepared.

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                    • matt8204
                      MVP
                      • Sep 2008
                      • 1164

                      #4105
                      Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

                      Originally posted by TheMatrix31
                      Stern said the NBA fans are some of the most intelligent fans in the world.

                      Uh, no.
                      In fairness, what's he going to say? That they're all buffoons? You can't bad-mouth your customers to the media.
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                      • OSUFan_88
                        Outback Jesus
                        • Jul 2004
                        • 25642

                        #4106
                        Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

                        Originally posted by RedSceptile
                        The only way to settle this is have Stern & Silver vs. Hunter & Fisher in hand to hand mortal combat. I'd pay good money for those tickets.
                        I would pay good money to see Stern beat Hunter's ***.

                        I'd pay a lot more money to see Stern beat Jeffery Kessler's ***.
                        Too Old To Game Club

                        Urban Meyer is lol.

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                        • Dame
                          Sweettouch
                          • Jul 2004
                          • 1246

                          #4107
                          Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

                          Question now that the union is gone:

                          Can Stern Void everyone contract and each team negotiate with each person individually?
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                          • aholbert32
                            (aka Alberto)
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 33106

                            #4108
                            Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

                            Originally posted by Dame
                            Question now that the union is gone:

                            Can Stern Void everyone contract and each team negotiate with each person individually?
                            Thats the next question. Courts havent decided whether this voids the contracts.

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                            • Fiasco West
                              MVP
                              • Oct 2008
                              • 2820

                              #4109
                              Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

                              Originally posted by Dame
                              Question now that the union is gone:

                              Can Stern Void everyone contract and each team negotiate with each person individually?
                              I hope so...it would entertain me at least.

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                              • RedSceptile
                                MVP
                                • Jun 2011
                                • 3680

                                #4110
                                Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

                                Originally posted by DaTwolves21
                                Why does it seem most are for the owners? I think both are to blame but owners aren't going to be hurting like the players. This ain't nothing to the owners, they will make they're money somewhere else. The sports system is very flawed, it's breaking down. I'm not for either side because this was coming and neither truly knows what to do. Everybody is greedy, when things revolve around money and who gets more, it's going to get ugly. I don't know what the future holds but I think it's time people start getting they're priorities together. College athletes need to realize a education is what your in school for. A sports career is very short, get that degree, that 4 million you get after 1 year in college is still going to be there after 4 years. We need enlightenment in our youth, stop glamorizing that life and offer solutions so when things like this happen, they are prepared.
                                As already posted an average NBA Salary would give you far better economic stability than a college Master's degree. Not saying they shouldn't get the degree but the money isn't generally going to be their. Seniors generally aren't as highly touted because more times to none they are usually the player they will be 5 years later.

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