If players are allowed to play overseas, are owners allowed to hire non-union players to play basketball for thier league?
They always have been. That is essentially the crux of their threat...capitulate or we'll replace you.
NBA Lays Off 114 Employees In Two Days Jul 14, 2011 6:28 PM EDT More than 100 N.B.A. employees were laid off this week, underlining the league’s sense of economic distress as the owners and players haggle over a new labor agreement. All told, 114 positions — 11 percent of the league’s work force — were eliminated, primarily in New York and New Jersey, from nearly every division, including marketing, community relations, player programs, broadcasting and information technology. Most employees received the news Wednesday and Thursday. The layoffs came exactly two weeks after the N.B.A. locked out its players and froze operations. League officials said the two events were unrelated, although they are clearly intertwined, with the N.B.A. saying it has annual losses of $300 million and searching for cost savings. Via Howard Beck/New York Times Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/214735/NBA_Lays_Off_114_Employees_In_Two_Days#ixzz1S7oitVBp
League, Union To Resume CBA Talks Friday Jul 15, 2011 10:06 AM EDT Mid-level staff members from the players’ association and league office are meeting Friday to discuss various housekeeping issues, and to possibly set a date for the next official labor negotiating session between the two sides, sources close to the discussions told SI.com. This would appear to be the first formal contact between the two sides since the league locked out the players two weeks ago when the last collective bargaining agreement expired. The NBA and the union remain far apart on several core issues, including how to split up the league’s revenue among the teams and players, and how to define what goes into that revenue pool to begin with. The union has also questioned the accuracy of the league’s claim that teams collectively lose hundreds of millions of dollars each year. One purpose of Friday’s meeting is to confirm the basketball-related income total from the 2010-11 season, sources said. Via Zach Lowe/SI.com Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/214738/League_Union_To_Resume_CBA_Talks_Friday#ixzz1SEjDEFDn
The replacement player thing doesn't hold weight. No one wants to see a team of 4 or 5 Derek Fishers. The owners will have problems. Superstar players that run the league can get a decent payday overseas. That should put some pressure on them.
Love the tryout scene! [video=youtube;kZEdqZl3YD8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZEdqZl3YD8&feature=related[/video]
This is what sickens me over the lockout. Source: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/6794587/nba-lockout-2011-league-basketball-income-compensation-up This grosses me out. The players are making bank and the owners are still getting screwed. The NBA should be revenue shared amongst the owners and teams. The players are getting so much revenue after this latest espn story. The players union is pissing me off so far over the owners. Not to mention all the arena employee layoffs if the NBA lockout continues.
Player salaries = 57% times basketball-related income. Owners' share = 43% times basketball-related income. Therefore, if players got 1% more than players got the previous year, then owners also got 1% more than owners got the previous year. That just says that the shares of both players and owners increased (from the previous season) 2.5% 2 seasons ago and 1% last season. The increase for both owners and players totalled 16% during 6 years. NBC reported that quote from the League Office and added, http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/22/final-nba-revenue-numbers-in-from-last-season/
Yeah nice spin, the owners just want as much leverage as possible. I want the majority of teams to be profitable though.
just because revenue went up does not mean they made any money, pretty basic if i am selling burritos with hcp and we charge 2 bucks for a burrito, but it costs 2.01 to make them....it would be better to not sell them at all
The salary cap went up this past year, but yeah we can't have 20+ teams struggling to stay afloat. Owners need more revenue, but this is also the best league in the world. Some of their demands seem overzealous. However Owners have other businesses that make them profitable. I would assume most of them are just fine without their NBA teams (compared to the players), and also became owners for their love of basketball. Not including Sterling and other shady owners though.
That's just not true. Your burritos bring happiness to all that eat them, and without a doubt some wealthy person, perhaps me, will die and leave his fortune to your burrito business. You must nevertheless keep selling those burritos, because even without financial rewards, they are a valuable and important public service. barfo
