Slightly OT: How is Bryant Gumbel not fired for his comments about David Stern?

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    Actually the small-market owners wanted that provision, and with the current frugality of Paul Allen, Blazers fans should want it as well. Unless the idea is to let the Lakers sign FAs to huge contracts, cut the ones underperforming after a few years, and simply reload with another star FA.
     
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    In some respects they have shared interests - and in others they are competitors. That balance is being lost.
     
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    In MLB, even the small market teams cut their losses and waive players who are malcontents/distractions/ unable to perform. The benefits go beyond dollars and cents.
     
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    Would you rather see the MLB system in the NBA, where local/team revenues supercede a collective national revenue structure? MLB team are also able to waive players, but not contracts, but really, on the the large market teams can afford a big contract, and then be able to designate that player for assignment without worrying about a salary cap.
     
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    Why not? Is there some unwritten mathematical formula regarding what owners can make versus what players can make?
     
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