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KBergCBS Ken Berger
Mediator George Cohen says he will be "making a statement" to media shortly. Stay tuned.
Those idiots should just take pay cuts on both sides, and give the remaining $120 million to me.
KBergCBS Ken Berger
Mediator George Cohen says he will be "making a statement" to media shortly. Stay tuned.
No hard cap. If they have to sit out indefinitely so be it. A hard cap is a death knell to the players. And thank Christ, they know it.
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Cohen says labor talks will resume at 2 pm on Thursday after NBA Board of Governors meetings are complete.KBergCBS Ken Berger
Cohen shed no new light on the status of talks. He emphasized importance of confidentiality and confirmed mediation continues tomorrow.
daldridgetnt David Aldridge
Cohen said "everyone is focused" on getting deal done.
Cohen: "the discussions have been direct and constructive."
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
While there was no major breakthrough, progress was made on the BRI revenue split, two sources in NBA labor talks tell Y! Story to come.
Good idea, El.
Perhaps the best news we've heard so far.While there was no major breakthrough, progress was made on the BRI revenue split, two sources in NBA labor talks tell Y! Story to come.
Indeed it is. Everything else is ancillary once they come to terms on that.
The BRI is the red herring.
The elephant in the room is a hard cap.
Just watch.
"Still, the biggest hurdle between the two sides remains the luxury tax proposals to punish big-spending teams and discourage them from overpaying players."
That's it. Right there.
While I don't disagree with you (as much as it pains me to say it), they're going to have to do something to curtail teams from spending way over the tax, be it a hard cap, more punitive taxes, whatever. Teams abusing things like Bird Rights and the annual or bi-annual exceptions are part of the reason why owners dug themselves in a hole in the first place. The way the leagues become, teams HAD to work these loopholes however they could just to stay compe ive with those who were willing to just pay the two-for-one tax to overspend.
Players want teams to be able to spend freely, but they also don't want owners cutting their paychecks to recoup lost profits. Those two things go hand in hand. They can't have it both ways, unless they just want to find themselves back in this position in another five or ten years.
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Still, how is this a players' problem? How can they help when the owners constantly overspend and offer contracts that hurt them badly in the end? It seems like the league has gone about this in an overly aggressive, even pugnacious way, when the players aren't the problem. Stern's at ude has been ing annoying since the start. He's made it seem like an issue with the players, when it's not.
Even if I don't know if he will be successful, the federal negotiator is putting a lot of efforts to end the lockout. Props to him.
To me, maybe the best news of these past days is the city of Memphis making the first step towards suing the NBA to recover the money they are losing because of the lockout. Cities and counties have given tons of money to build great arenas, especially in small markets. If they start suing the NBA, owners will be ed. I hope it will help owners realize that risks associated to a lengthy lockout are too high to take them.
Oddly I have little empathy for Memphis. I don't know what it is, but something about that team causes me to feel that way.Even if I don't know if he will be successful, the federal negotiator is putting a lot of efforts to end the lockout. Props to him.
To me, maybe the best news of these past days is the city of Memphis making the first step towards suing the NBA to recover the money they are losing because of the lockout. Cities and counties have given tons of money to build great arenas, especially in small markets. If they start suing the NBA, owners will be ed. I hope it will help owners realize that risks associated to a lengthy lockout are too high to take them.
That's it and that's all. It's not the player's responsibility to baby sit the owner's knowledge and a en. The owners can't stop slitting each other throats is their problem and the players hay day(s). If the owners want to governor themselves let them do it independent of the players fortunes, not make the players a conduit in their own financial ruination.
8 & Gasol.
Interesting development.
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Y! Sources: The owners and players are closing in on agreement on new mid-level exception. tinyurl.com/6fgt3bv
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Wow, this is pretty crazy to hear such advancement after a prolonged period of absolutely nothing getting done.I wonder what the shares of the BRI are.
Just keep their ass scratchers off'in a hard cap and I'm right as the mail.
it is funny that stern was sent home with the flu and progress are being made.
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