Re: NBA Lockout and Collective Barganing Agreement Discussion
Stevie made me chuckle. Custer made me "
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Because the last CBA was ridiculously slanted for the players. You show me a union job that the workers receives 57% of the revenue.
Basically, this is all because the last, old set of owners bought teams that were worth 5 million dollars and created hundreds of millions of dollars. Now, teams are being bought for 300 million, and people are losing money because of an unfair deal that the players are receiving most of the revenue.'
Everyone understands this, and most of the major sports, the owners are getting more than 50% of the revenue. I think Football it's the owners getting 52%, the NHL I want to say is something like 55%, and not sure on baseball.
Either way, the NBA is the only place where the owners are being screwed with their pants on because of the last CBA they signed. This isn't about rich dudes being greedy, this is about rich dudes needed to not lose money at a record pace because the players are getting all the profits. That system does not work for either owners, teams or players.
The fact that the players were just given a proposal to accept 50% of the revenue and they declined shows all I need to know about them. That would have been a steal, but because this entire system is backasswards, the players declined to accept the deal. They are trying to keep hold of the sweetheart deal they got 7 years ago or however long it's been.
The NBA is headed towards an NHL sized lockout if the players don't pull their heads out of their ***. The owners are in a stage where they won't blink, because paying the players nothing is a lot more of a benefit than paying them something. Either way, they lose money, and they lose less without a crappy NBA system right now.
I feel like Billy Hunter is either totally incompetent or he's allowing Fisher dig his own grave. I cannot imagine that someone who is in such a high ranking job would be totally oblivious to what is going on here. It's mind boggling as to how out of touch the players are here. Their greed is going to end up biting them in the ***.
In the end, these things all balance themselves out. The courts will never allow the players to be screwed for an extend period of time, and the owners wealth will never allow them to be screwed. It's all about leadership and vision as to how quickly they can work things out. Right now, the leadership and vision on the players side looks like that akin to a combination of Stevie Wonder's vision and George Custer's leadership skills.
Basically, this is all because the last, old set of owners bought teams that were worth 5 million dollars and created hundreds of millions of dollars. Now, teams are being bought for 300 million, and people are losing money because of an unfair deal that the players are receiving most of the revenue.'
Everyone understands this, and most of the major sports, the owners are getting more than 50% of the revenue. I think Football it's the owners getting 52%, the NHL I want to say is something like 55%, and not sure on baseball.
Either way, the NBA is the only place where the owners are being screwed with their pants on because of the last CBA they signed. This isn't about rich dudes being greedy, this is about rich dudes needed to not lose money at a record pace because the players are getting all the profits. That system does not work for either owners, teams or players.
The fact that the players were just given a proposal to accept 50% of the revenue and they declined shows all I need to know about them. That would have been a steal, but because this entire system is backasswards, the players declined to accept the deal. They are trying to keep hold of the sweetheart deal they got 7 years ago or however long it's been.
The NBA is headed towards an NHL sized lockout if the players don't pull their heads out of their ***. The owners are in a stage where they won't blink, because paying the players nothing is a lot more of a benefit than paying them something. Either way, they lose money, and they lose less without a crappy NBA system right now.
I feel like Billy Hunter is either totally incompetent or he's allowing Fisher dig his own grave. I cannot imagine that someone who is in such a high ranking job would be totally oblivious to what is going on here. It's mind boggling as to how out of touch the players are here. Their greed is going to end up biting them in the ***.
In the end, these things all balance themselves out. The courts will never allow the players to be screwed for an extend period of time, and the owners wealth will never allow them to be screwed. It's all about leadership and vision as to how quickly they can work things out. Right now, the leadership and vision on the players side looks like that akin to a combination of Stevie Wonder's vision and George Custer's leadership skills.
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