The W
Views: 178985297
Main | FAQ | Search: Y! / G | Color chart | Log in for more!
28.3.17 0426
The 7 - Basketball - Billy Hunter 99% sure of a lockout next season Register and log in to post!
(229 newer) Next thread | Previous thread
User
Post (11 total)
CajunMan
Boudin blanc
No longer registered
Level: 103

Posts: 2277/2483
EXP: 11149405
For next: 322040

Since: 2.1.02
From: Give me a Title shot!

Since last post: 4543 days
Last activity: 3680 days
#1 Posted on 23.11.10 1209.01
Reposted on: 23.11.17 1209.07
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5840275&campaign=rss&source=NBAHeadlines

Hunter already telling players to save money because they may not be getting paid for a while next season.

Just what the NBA needs.
Promote this thread!
ekedolphin
Scrapple
Level: 147

Posts: 4165/5747
EXP: 39237447
For next: 200748

Since: 12.1.02
From: Indianapolis, IN; now residing in Suffolk, VA

Since last post: 490 days
Last activity: 14 days
#2 Posted on 23.11.10 2100.35
Reposted on: 23.11.17 2106.21
Great. As if the 1999 season wasn't a complete disaster.
TheOldMan
Landjager
Level: 67

Posts: 656/937
EXP: 2519036
For next: 73850

Since: 13.2.03
From: Chicago

Since last post: 3285 days
Last activity: 1497 days
#3 Posted on 24.11.10 0108.19
Reposted on: 24.11.17 0111.35
So why isn't the NBA Player's union decertifying itself as the NFLPA is currently doing? Too hard to get the superstars on board for a hardline tactic that might threaten their contracts??

I believe the NFLPA's strategy is to sue the owners under anti-trust laws once there is no union to have a collective bargaining agreement with.

Though I'm not sure how that works if the owners just keep playing without a labor deal - the stars make even more, while the scrubs work for Arena football money?
It's False
Scrapple
Level: 151

Posts: 4072/6155
EXP: 43059145
For next: 237431

Since: 20.6.02
From: I am the Tag Team Champions!

Since last post: 2199 days
Last activity: 581 days
#4 Posted on 24.11.10 0127.48
Reposted on: 24.11.17 0127.49
This is such a disaster.

The key difference between the NBA and NFL lockout situations. Everything the NFL touches turns to gold right now and they're getting higher ratings than they've ever had in the past. Locking out the players reeks of greed, because it's not like any of the owners are losing copious amounts of money.

With the NBA, the league is LOSING MONEY and LOTS OF IT! Asking the players to take a massive paycut is not unreasonable, especially given the way the times are. If a bunch of spoiled, overpaid millionaires refuse to take a paycut, NO ONE will have any sympathy for them.
Mr. Boffo
Scrapple
Level: 124

Posts: 3373/3844
EXP: 21369040
For next: 467622

Since: 24.3.02
From: Oshkosh, WI

Since last post: 3895 days
Last activity: 3856 days
#5 Posted on 24.11.10 0923.22
Reposted on: 24.11.17 0923.29
    Originally posted by It's False

    With the NBA, the league is LOSING MONEY and LOTS OF IT! Asking the players to take a massive paycut is not unreasonable, especially given the way the times are. If a bunch of spoiled, overpaid millionaires refuse to take a paycut, NO ONE will have any sympathy for them.

Is there any proof of massive losses beyond the word of David Stern?

Doing a google search, I came across this blog from a year ago.
http://sbrother.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/david-stern-its-hard-to-believe-nba-owners-really-need-the-players-help/

The author links to Forbes 2009 numbers, which show 6 NBA teams who made $20 million or more in operating profit, and 5 teams with $10 million or more in operating losses.

Why should the players take less money so that bad owners in bad markets (Indiana, Charlotte, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Memphis) can break even? That's just going to mean that the Lakers, Bulls, Pistons, Rockets, Knicks, and Suns are just going to make even more money.

In truth, I don't know what the NBA owners are trying to get done. I just don't think massive salary cuts are the answer. The answer should be greater revenue sharing, hopefully structured in a way that doesn't reward stupid owners (like MLB's revenue sharing does).
lotjx
Scrapple
Level: 129

Posts: 1200/4785
EXP: 24950976
For next: 98745

Since: 5.9.08

Since last post: 1681 days
Last activity: 1520 days
#6 Posted on 24.11.10 1012.45
Reposted on: 24.11.17 1013.17
A lockout will only feed the image especially in this economy that players and owners are out of touch thus not worth going to see. If anything you will see Hockey and the NCAA benefit from this since they will be playing during the time of the lock out. If the NBA is losing that much money due to poor ownership, contract the teams or get the owners out. NBA is not where it was then last time they pulled this stunt and Stern has got to realize that as well. The NFL will be locked out for the spring and summer then back to work at the end of July. Any owner thinking the NFL can survive a lock out is out of their damn mind when the college game is catching up to them as well as Baseball being played and the start of the NHL. Fans love football, so they will just enjoy the college game that is on 4 out of the 7 nights a week.
Matt Tracker
Scrapple
Level: 141

Posts: 3153/5326
EXP: 33950885
For next: 169213

Since: 8.5.03
From: North Carolina

Since last post: 121 days
Last activity: 6 days
#7 Posted on 24.11.10 1055.22
Reposted on: 24.11.17 1058.46
Bill Simmons has said for a few years now that a large number of players live paycheck to paycheck and can't survive a lockout. He assumed they'll fold, and Stern won't allow another extended lockout to blemish his portfolio.
Zeruel
Thirty Millionth Hit
Moderator
Level: 142

Posts: 4531/5284
EXP: 34612784
For next: 355731

Since: 2.1.02
From: The Silver Spring in the Land of Mary.

Since last post: 1675 days
Last activity: 1675 days
#8 Posted on 24.11.10 1528.25
Reposted on: 24.11.17 1529.01
If the owners are really losing alot of money, they have no one to blame but themselves. No one put a gun to their heads to give multi-million dollar superstar contracts to average players.
Stefonics
Frankfurter
Level: 64

Posts: 354/825
EXP: 2125676
For next: 88433

Since: 17.3.02
From: New Jerusalem

Since last post: 2395 days
Last activity: 261 days
#9 Posted on 24.11.10 1704.05
Reposted on: 24.11.17 1705.29
I'm just amazed that one professional athlete can live paycheck to paycheck, let alone "a large number". They must be sweating bullets every two weeks before that $50,000 check clears the direct deposit. "Damn, almost shut off my electricity. Good thing I squeaked by this time."
Rudoublesedoublel
Frankfurter
Level: 61

Posts: 602/742
EXP: 1821368
For next: 55239

Since: 2.1.02
From: Kentucky - Home of the 8 time NCAA Champ Wildcats

Since last post: 2328 days
Last activity: 2257 days
#10 Posted on 26.11.10 0933.34
Reposted on: 26.11.17 0936.30
Selfish reaction - I really, really hope for a lockout. Especially if it's a foregone conclusion and no underclassmen declare for this year's draft.

Not only will it help "my" team, but it will make next year's NCAA quality that much higher. NBA fans are sweating the lockout, but NCAA fans are licking their lips.
StaggerLee
Scrapple
Level: 161

Posts: 5216/7105
EXP: 53049783
For next: 1063450

Since: 3.10.02
From: Right side of the tracks

Since last post: 937 days
Last activity: 937 days
#11 Posted on 27.11.10 1900.31
Reposted on: 27.11.17 1903.06
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-forbesoverpaid112310

Here is a good list of reason teams are broke.
ALL ORIGINAL POSTS IN THIS THREAD ARE NOW AVAILABLE
Thread ahead: LBJ and coach Spo the new Rockers?
Next thread: Haslem has possibly season-ending surgery; Heat sign Dampier and release Stackhouse
Previous thread: Jordan strikes back at Lebron
(229 newer) Next thread | Previous thread
Related threads: 2010-2011 Prediction Thread - David Stern Invokes the C Word - Talks swarm about 'Melo to Chicago if Noah goes to Denver - More...
The 7 - Basketball - Billy Hunter 99% sure of a lockout next seasonRegister and log in to post!

The W™ message board - 7 year recycle

ZimBoard
©2001-2024 Brothers Zim
This old hunk of junk rendered your page in 0.174 seconds.