I have no idea what anti-trust even means. But what I do know is that there really is no money overseas left for American players, and their season are well underway.
can European clubs cut current players (with no penalty or further obligation) and sign NBA guys? what kind of contracts do they generally have over there?
BlazerFreeman Joe Freeman If you're a Trail Blazers/NBA fan or worker impacted by today's lockout news and have something to say, email me at jfreeman@oregonian.com
Not selling Knicks, Celtics, Lakers, Heat & Bulls tickets in a season is easily $10M in commissions for StubHub.
He advises me on stuff regarding the lockout. I can pass it along as he does it, or relay messages on to him
What recourse is there for a player to say "eff you, Hunter and Kessler--you don't represent me!" Is that the decertify process? And they need 130 signatures to vote on that? And if, for some reason, K*be can get 226 players together, can they accept the owners' offer on their behalf?
No. However, those players can all sign contracts with NBA teams starting a couple of hours ago. In theory, the owners can sign anyplayers they want right now, and players have the right to sign on their own behalf, since there is no union
The outline, as explained to me, is this. Both sides can now negotiate a new framework of a CBA Players will sue owners. We will likely see true financial statements, and the players will argue over fixed salary systems and such The owners will argue against the "monopoly" argument saying that players can play in any league they want anywhere in the world The league has already filed complaints in with the Labor Board regarding the unions tactic of disclaiming interest. They did this months ago. If it makes the courts, this could take years. Most likely thing to happen is renegotiating starts and something is settled around Jan. My brother in law said he would be shocked if the players win in court. "A 1 in a million shot" is what he says
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/33289/union-makes-big-move-without-polling-members How savvy of you kessler.
Thanks for the info...... MM, it's not that I don't trust you, but remember "Deal Coming Soon"? Your brother needs to sign up and be our Law-Guru!
No worries. Get you info elsewhere if you'd rather. I am sure others can and will offer just as good if not better input. If anyone has a question they'd like answered, PM me and I will try to find an answer for you. Good luck on the job front, John. Hopefully this gets worked out soon so your stress level can be kept to a minimum.
