I'd go the other rout and leave the cap where it is and have the contracts non-guaranteed. If you aren't playing to your contract it just puts that much pressure on the player to perform.
I really like the idea of non-guaranteed contracts. Have for many years. But it won't happen. The union will have to implode before then for that to happen.
Exactly. If they aren't worth it, the owners wouldn't have given it to them. If someones dumb enough to give it to you, you are worth it. That being said, professional sports in this country are horrible bloated pigs.
I don't see how the NBA can change pre-existing contracts. That would be a legal battle of epic proportions.
it's a standard negotiation tactic to not ask for what you're going to settle for... who should I empathize with more in a squabble over splitting profits? Millionaire players or billionaire owners STOMP
I think they should donate the money to the "DynastYWarrioR6 Foundation" "Save me, so I can save others!"
The article has an agent saying that this is just a negotiation position. It says it's unprecedented that this is proposed 1 1/2 years before the contract expires. There is no chance that Stern will succeed in cutting previous contracts, but by making them spend time on this issue, he knocks the breath out of them. They'll be too engaged fighting for no decrease to fight for an increase. His game strategy is to make them play defense so they won't have the energy for offense. The big picture is that the league is contracting, financially. A company going through this normally changes its head guy. Stern keeps his job by hiring no competent assistants. The owners have no alternative choices to him.
no way something this drastic happens and screw non-guaranteed contracts....it screws with team chemistry and promotes holdouts which I dont blame the player for doing when he "over-performed" but is just lame
The NHL reduced contracts during their last round of negotiations. http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26366 "EXISTING CONTRACTS What is the status of existing player contracts? Every year of every existing NHL player contract (plus signing, roster and reporting bonuses, performance bonuses, marketing fees and any and all other payments due under existing contracts) will be reduced by 24 percent. What is the status of 2004-05 player contracts? All contracts for the 2004-05 season will be deemed eliminated"
