In recent months football fans have had to endure the possibility of no NFL football this year. However, after several strategies implemented by the NFL players association to work out a deal, both the players & owners finally reached an agreement.Okay, one lockout over and dealt with, while another is well underway and far from a resolution. Of course, I'm talking about the NBA lockout, which unlike the NFL version, is here to stay for awhile and impact a significant portion of the reguolar season schedule.In this dispute, it's not a question on who's wrong or right, because there is a consensus players demands are so far contrary to the owners mind set, that by the time both sides put pen and paper on a new deal, a full NBA season could be wiped out in it's entirety.With many players already anticipating the worst, explains why a number of them have already signed one year contracts to play basketball in Europe.There's no question owners are highly responsible for this dispute, particularly for dishing out ridiculous money, which in essence build up the ego filled personalities of NBA players to the point where they are still not satisfied.The NBA is the only sports league of the four major sports who don't have a salary cap structure. This is something the owners welcome and need to implement, but an idea most NBA players outrightly reject...Unlike the NFL, the NBA cannot afford to lose touch with it's fan base and if a work stoppage is going to transpire, you can bet fans won't be so forgiving.There's simply has to be a halt to the overspending, and if a salary cap structure is in place for each team, there's no question it could go a long way in helping control some of the ridiculous salaries in the NBA.The NBA players appear to have already shown an initial indication, they are not going to budge to salary cap suggestions. But as most sports experts often state, the huge list of "super ego" personalities in the NBA are overwhelming compared to players in other sports and that is a major reason why an agreement between the players and the owners is not going to happen anytime soon.
In recent months football fans have had to endure the possibility of no NFL football this year. However, after several strategies implemented by the NFL players association to work out a deal, both the players & owners finally reached an agreement.
Okay, one lockout over and dealt with, while another is well underway and far from a resolution. Of course, I'm talking about the NBA lockout, which unlike the NFL version, is here to stay for awhile and impact a significant portion of the reguolar season schedule.
In this dispute, it's not a question on who's wrong or right, because there is a consensus players demands are so far contrary to the owners mind set, that by the time both sides put pen and paper on a new deal, a full NBA season could be wiped out in it's entirety.
With many players already anticipating the worst, explains why a number of them have already signed one year contracts to play basketball in Europe.
There's no question owners are highly responsible for this dispute, particularly for dishing out ridiculous money, which in essence build up the ego filled personalities of NBA players to the point where they are still not satisfied.
The NBA is the only sports league of the four major sports who don't have a salary cap structure. This is something the owners welcome and need to implement, but an idea most NBA players outrightly reject...
Unlike the NFL, the NBA cannot afford to lose touch with it's fan base and if a work stoppage is going to transpire, you can bet fans won't be so forgiving.
There's simply has to be a halt to the overspending, and if a salary cap structure is in place for each team, there's no question it could go a long way in helping control some of the ridiculous salaries in the NBA.
The NBA players appear to have already shown an initial indication, they are not going to budge to salary cap suggestions. But as most sports experts often state, the huge list of "super ego" personalities in the NBA are overwhelming compared to players in other sports and that is a major reason why an agreement between the players and the owners is not going to happen anytime soon.
Its the owners who are wrong here they screwed this up not the players why should the players pay to fix it?
It's not all one sided. Both sides have to realize that there are a lot of flaws that need to be fixed. It's unfortunate that a handful of high priced players have so much influence. Their stance of refusing to negotiate a salary cap is simply ego.Why not speak to the guys making league minimum and see what they want? You have basically 30 superstars dictating what affects 400 players. These multi millionaires can sit back and wait it out. The others can't. The owners claim they lost 300 million. If they sit and wait it out they may only lose 150 million. The fans, arena staff, as well as the players are the big losers herte.
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