Now we know why the average NBA player goes broke within 4 years of retiring. These clowns have now officially rejected the NBA's last and best offer, mainly because they resent being given an "ultimatum." The practical effect of this will probably be a cancellation of the season, which means they will all lose a year's salary--money that they will never regain before the end of their careers. This is throwing money out the window, which of course most NBA players are very good at.
I think you meant "NBA Player Reps: 'No Deal'". It doesn't appear anyone bothered to ask the players what they thought about it. Or the fans.
A record number of Americans (48 mill) are on food stamps, and millions more are unemployed, but the NBA players say they're getting a raw deal . . . Derek Fisher and Billy Hunter are fools, and the entire player's union is living in a fool's paradise. If this season is cancelled, I may rethink my commitment to the NBA. I'm sick and tired of spoiled egotistical millionaire jocks who have no grasp on reality.
The Beavers play West Alabama tonight and Hofstra on Wednesday, in Corvallis. They'll be televised against Texas on the 19th and either NC State or Vanderbilt on the 21st. I need a weekend game to take my girls -- Looks like Montana on Sunday the 4th might work. It takes me 20 minutes to get to Gill Colliseum. I was a devoted fan during the Lonnie Shelton, Steve Johnson, Charlie Sitton, Lester Conner, AC Green and Gary Payton years, and had season tickets during much of that time. I saw every single home game Payton played in. I think I could rekindle some of that spirit, settle in and support the young guys who play there now just fine. Just sayin'.
It will be interesting to see if both sides REALLY are willing to go the distance here. The NFL managed to avoid the whole antitrust question by cutting a deal. Even if they players were to win in the end (and that "win" would presumably include hundreds of millions or even billions in treble damage-enhanced dollars) I don't see how they win in the long run. Teams would fold and revenues would plummet (since getting there would probably kill at least another NBA season). I also am interested to see how players can make it through this year with no paychecks. The richest players should be in a good spot, but those who were making a million or less... I can see how they might be scrambling to pay their bills over the next year or two. Ed O.
It's sort of sad... they have the least to lose, don't they? They didn't have to make real sacrifice in their careers to get tens of millions of dollars in contract money, but they're willing to sacrifice today's young players up at the altar of "fairness". Ed O.
Hard to imagine how someone making a million dollars a year would have to worry about his bills for a year . . . but you're right. These guys live so high on the hog it's unbelievable. Amare Stoudemire apparently rents a penthouse apt. in Manhattan for $37,000 a month . . .
