Roy's negotiations and the fear of a hard cap

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  1. cdub503

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    Meh!
     
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    It makes that much more sense for the players to strike at next year's All-Star break. :dunno:
     
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    Yes. Without sources most of the time and seemingly without very good reading comprehension of the stories he's regurgitating :)

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    Well, all the COs and business owners that shut down non-profitable businesses would disagree with you there.

    Is it possible that the NBA needs to downsize? Baseball went on during the great depression, but players didn't earn nearly what they are now. If the NBA forces them to take too much of a pay cut, how many will we see bolting to Europe? Europe's economy is in the crapper too, so how many players could they even absorb?

    The NBA has a pretty good system in place right now, they enforce the luxury tax on teams that go too far over and divide that money amongst the rest of the teams. Many teams that were previously willing to go over the cap are now very reluctant to because of that. It's a great system.

    One area, that I hope they would make like the NFL is non-guaranteed contracts. Or perhaps, have a maximum number of guaranteed years in every contract. It would prevent teams being being strapped with players who aren't really worth it.



     
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