yea totally does, I'm really thinking the lawyers pushed this to the player reps and they bought it. Henry Abbot calls it out too. http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/33289/union-makes-big-move-without-polling-members
to borrow a phrase...Misters Kessler and Hunter have made themselves into plantation owners, deciding that their folks don't have the savvy to understand how good or bad a deal is, and will just make decisions for them that they don't need to be a part of. /gumbel Am I close?
Sure seems that way. It also seems to me, if they thought the players agreed with them, they would tout that as a position of strength. They don't.
Great tweets from Ken Berger KBergCBS Ken Berger Boies believes he's caught Stern in a gotchya moment when Stern said last Thursday, "The negotiations have ended." I recall that exchange. KBergCBS Ken Berger Right after Stern said that, Silver jumped in and said, "The negotiations on this proposal have ended." Could be important distinction. Very astute pick up on Berger's part. At least I think it is