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Great news. I guess they DID pay attention to what happened with the NHL.
Game on.
Great news. I guess they DID pay attention to what happened with the NHL.
thats good
my chode would explode if they had a lockout
yeesssssss!!!!
I had a feeling they'd try to get it hammered out today so that
1. there'd be more buzz leading up to the game tonight
2. they could do the whole PR "one big happy family" thing tonight during the game.
Probably gonna have to suffer through a David Stern interview at the half though, for those of you watching at home.
Incredibly fantastic and good news.
Anyone know when the details for the CBA will be out?
Good, so now the reporter could ask him if he wants it to go seven games, and he can reply through gritted teeth that six will be enough.
I still remember that interview in the 2003 finals, the sucker could have at least tried to sell the league, instead of thinly disguising the fact that he wanted the "Lakers vs. the Lakers." (A quote from him in the 2004 season).
The fat lady hasn't sung yet. Nothing is signed, nothing is final. They have a potential agreement. I think we all know the different between "potential" and "actual".
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2091539NEW YORK -- NBA owners and players agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement Tuesday, averting the possibility of a lockout.
The league called a 5 p.m. ET news conference in San Antonio prior to Game 6 of the NBA Finals, with commissioner David Stern and union director Billy Hunter announcing their agreement, ESPN Insider Chad Ford has confirmed.
The deal came on the fourth consecutive day of talks between the sides. The league's old seven-year agreement is due to expire on June 30.
The league and its players' association on Monday night were close to agreeing on a new CBA that would ins ute a new 19-year-old age limit, reduce contract lengths and raise the salary cap, according to sources close to both negotiating committee.
The potential agreement would run for six years and would allow the two sides to avoid a July 1 lockout.
The two negotiating committees were to meet again on Tuesday morning in New York, NBA spokesperson Tim Frank said. Union spokesperson Dan Wasserman declined comment on the story.
A source close to the NBA negotiating committee and a source close to the union's negotiation committee claim that all of the major issues between the sides had been agreed to in principle as of Monday night, and the purpose of Tuesday's meeting was to work out some of the finer points of the agreement that weren't addressed during a lengthy, breakthrough negotiation session Friday.
The players now have the opportunity to ratify the new agreement during a summer meeting on June 28. It might take several more weeks for the final agreement to get drafted, possibly delaying the start of the free agent period scheduled to start July 1.
Thank god.
I wonder what provisions thye alloted for the pre-65'ers???
Yup
heh, I checked ESPN immediatly prior to making my post, and I couldn't find anything other than the story of the potential agreement. That'll be an awesome way to kick off game 6, that's for sure.
nothing is signed but calling a new confernece and then they do lock out would be bad pr
Yeah, it was pretty much done after last night. Good to hear they agreed to it, the rest is just ceramonial.
Good News!!!
This is terriffic. I was afraid that we were going to be a sporting world embarassment like the NHL.
this is good news for fans wanting scola
Any information on how they'll handle the MLE? Are they going to split it like they were talking about?
no mention at all of a luxury tax. None.
that may have been the NBA's one concession.
Big markets and rich owners will love that.
Glad they got it done before the 30th so it didn't linger and up trades and summer league play.
There will be a lux tax but no super tax, and the lux tax revenue is going to be distributed to all teams.
What did they do about the MLE? Did they split it? Any new exceptions?
Whew... Now we don't have to worry about half of the Spurs' Championships being lockout les.
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