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The old NBA Refs are really screwed...I still don't know what they were thinking...players have bargaining leverage, refs do not.
Bye,bye lucrative NBA contract.
NBA to proceed with replacement referees
By J.E. Skeets
Ball Don't Lie
Sadly, it appears rumors of the National Basketball Referees Association narrowly voting down the NBA's latest deal were true.
In a memo obtained by Yahoo! Sports, the NBA told team officials: "On Friday of last week, we reached an agreement in principal on the terms of a new two-year collective bargaining agreement with the negotiators for the National Basketball Referees Association. On Sunday night, the membership of the NBRA voted to reject that agreement. As a result, we have no expectation of concluding a timely labor contract with the NBRA, and are proceeding with replacement referees." [Emphasis added]
The memo continues:
"The agreement in principal reached with the NBRA's negotiators would have resulted in overall savings in the NBA's referee program costs next year of approximately 3.5 percent, plus additional savings from agreed-upon attrition. Modest increases in referee salaries (by 2 percent over two years) would have been offset by decreases in health and welfare benefits, air travel and per diem policies, and playoff compensation. In addition, structural changes would have been made to referee retirement benefits, including converting the existing defined benefit pension plan to a defined contribution plan."
According to the league, this isn't the first time that commitments made by the NBRA's negotiators were not met:
"Earlier in the negotiations, NBRA representatives reneged on previously agreed-upon concessions in the areas of pension, severance, and training opportunities for D-League officials. Following the vote of the union membership on Sunday, it was announced that the NBRA's lead negotiator had removed himself from the negotiations on a going-forward basis."
A separate memo regarding replacement officials will be issued shortly.
In the meantime, I'll go and get my whistle.
The old NBA Refs are really screwed...I still don't know what they were thinking...players have bargaining leverage, refs do not.
Bye,bye lucrative NBA contract.
did they hire wwe refs?
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