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Hope this gets resolved soon.
JarraLJones Jarra Jones
The life of the @NBA lockout. Smh. RT @KingJames: Watching Akron vs Miss St on ESPNU. Let's go Zips!
Hope this gets resolved soon.
The players are employees for a company that is losing money. How is that company supposed to stay in business and keep paying players if it keeps losing money.
The NBA isn't a company. The players offered to offset the loses and then some.
The biggest problem i have is with the amount both the players and the owners get from broadcast rights (as with most sports). The income from this is generated by billion dollar corporations whose product has nothing to do with the product the viewer is watching. There is no way to measure
the level of consumerism attributed to the game being broadcast unlike ticket sales which are a definite figure. The broadcast rights negotiated by the networks should predominantly be going to developing the game across the country to make it stronger from the grassroots level. Try telling
that to a bunch of millionaires and billionaires
It's only getting worse if both sides keep on ting on the fans.
Really? I guess they should operate just like a normal company and not under the protection of government immune to anti-trust protection. Also, they aren't losing money, the league overall is healthy and well. Just like anything, if there are a few bad parts, you scrap those parts and let the prosperous ones survive. You certainly don't ask the employees to foot the entire damn bill and GUARANTEE you a profit.
If they were all losing money and it was such a bad proposition, bottom level franchises wouldn't be selling for all time highs. Are these just the dumbest millionaires in the world? Also, if this were the real world, idiots who make dumb decisions that cost themselves money would be fired, but that isn't the case here either.
For real!?!
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
No deal was considered imminent, but talks were expected to extend late into the evening. The two sides have been meeting for 7.5 hours.
Don't get me wrong, BB, I don't have any hopes for people to magically come to their senses. I just be reporting da newz.
daldridgetnt David Aldridge
8 hrs in. Re: progress as reported by Yahoo! et al: 1 high-ranking team exec previously skeptical now optimistic. But heard that before..
Getting ever so close to that waterfall both the owners and players start to paddle together. If the deal doesn't get done tonight I predict within the next week.
not getting my hope up. this tricked me many time
Manu is tweeting about it but it's all in Mexican.
I hate when people speak or type in Mexican.
Nothing new @ Manu's tweet... just a retweet of the same stuff posted earlier
From reading all the tweets it's apparent the players have essentially conceded defeat and are just trying to get one last little bone the owners can throw their way. This was a total and complete blowout victory for the owners. Players have to be much smarter next time and do everything humanly possible to avoid a lockout or a strike. This should clearly illustrate to them that they will never have enough leverage against the owners in any labor dispute. They were flat out embarrassed by the owners during the entire dispute. They lost out on over a month's worth of game paychecks for a deal they could've taken well before the season started. Just plain stupidity, selfish pride, greed, and ignorance on the part of the players. Totally mind boggling....
this guy sound like KBP
and Timmy2Zo, tbh...wait.....this guy sound like KBP
Timmy2Zo = KBP??
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