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#41, you're alright in my book pal. enjoy defending the championship! Make sure to send Lebron home crying on Christmas day. haha
Holy . Just when I was ready to say this (again), I go to take a shower, come back....and an agreement has been reached!
#41, you're alright in my book pal. enjoy defending the championship! Make sure to send Lebron home crying on Christmas day. haha
Well I'll be damned. Lucy kept the football this time.
If only the court issues happened two months ago and we could have had a full season. Oh well a shortened season is better than none.
Good. Would be interesting to read what the deal looks like
Chris_Broussard Chris Broussard
Players accepted 49-51 band, sources say..b-list issues (draft, sge limit, drug testing) to be discussed tomorrow
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Chris_Broussard Chris Broussard
Players got slightly more than 50% of BRI, but not quite 51, sources say....not sure if it's a band
23 minutes ago
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! My life is complete.
Holy ... an agreement has been reached!
I guess that leverage was pretty good. The owners didn't "give back" out of the goodness of their black little hearts on issues they said were "blood" issues before the union disbanded.
^Anytime you lose 8 points on BRI and a total restructuring of your asshole you've no idea what leverage is.
Media will help the players now. They'll carry their water & shield them.
Pretty much. Billy Hunter was an embarrassment through this entire ordeal.
Each & every year of this new CBA the players will lose over a quarter billion dollars just on the BRI. That's criminal.
Your math is shaky. It's 6 percent and change.
The players were never keeping 57% and playing basketball again this decade, and if Laker fan is unhappy, I'm very happy. Sorry you won't be able to buy that team you wanted.Chris_Broussard Chris Broussard
Players got slightly more than 50% of BRI, but not quite 51, sources say....not sure if it's a band
23 minutes ago
210 million per year then. If the CBA is 5 years that is over a billion dollars.
Fine...don't keep the 57%, but, don't give up 7 points on it +++ a complete restructuring of the system.
tee hee
The system will have changes but I don't see it being crazy different. Players wouldn't go through all this just to take a deal they hated. There will be additional luxury tax penalty but IMO it won't change spending habits.
Yer going to sit there with a straight face and defend this in' abortion? Deep, they lost in excess of a billion dollars on the BRI alone and that's just if it's a 5 year deal.
The penalties remained intact according to Larry Coon.
Sure, Media will massage it so nobody feels bad, but, it's a catastrophic event for the players.
It reminds me of that part in "Raging Bull" where DeNiro (LaMotta) let's Sugar Ray Robinson in to pulverize him. That is what has happened to the players.
I know the math, I'm the one that posted it. I don't care about the revenue split from a fan perspective. That won't impact the game. The system is what will bring about the changes and from what I've read players got most of what they wanted. There is a higher lux tax penalty but that actually helps the big markets; it hurts the little guys more.
You are a master of panic and I'm tired of talking you off the damn ledge. Just jump already.
But yes, the players ate the proverbial crap sandwich
That's pie-in-the-sky and you know it.
Anyone know of another business that guarantees the employees get 50% of the gross?
The players got a ava deal on their last contract at 57% of gross when the NBA was in its glory at the top of its popularity and the owners thought it would never end.
Does anyone remember the 70s when everyone was either playing tennis or watching it on TV? Sports popularity comes and goes. Even the mighty NFL isn't what it used to be---and I blame the drop off in fan support with the advent of free agency for the players.
I used to know every player on the Cowboys right down to the third string because so many players stayed on one team for most of their careers. No longer. I don't even know the first string offensive line or defense any more.
How does that affect my feelings about the NFL> I don't mind missing a game on TV and I never bet on games any more. Sure, I'd like the Cowboys and the Texans to win, but it isn't quite as important anymore.
No. It's what I believe to be true. Remember when I explained this earlier to you?
^You want to dismiss the players giving in on the BRI. That is part & parcel to my whole point. The players got nothing from surrendering those 7 points except they were then bent over again on the system.
As long as they didn't change the "cliff".
Increase tax won't hurt a team that never plans on going into it. It's going to push a few teams that like to go into it a little to try an stay under. I'm not sure it will impact a team like the Lakers. They know their fans are bandwagon fans and they have to provide a winning team. Or else they will be gone.
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