Comments on: If NBA players decertify the union, might owners void all deals? http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/25/if-nba-players-decertify-the-union-might-owners-void-all-deals/ Basketball - NBC Sports Tue, 21 May 2013 09:40:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: yikes123 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/25/if-nba-players-decertify-the-union-might-owners-void-all-deals/comment-page-1/#comment-50872 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:32:24 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=28702#comment-50872 There is something very wrong here. This is supposed to be a discussion of terms between 425 NBA players and the 30 NBA owners, who underwrite the League costs.

But now we are given to understand the shots are being called by sports agents?

If you go to hype hoops there is a roster of sports agents, players they rep and the contracts with values.

It turns out TEN sports agencies represent 69% of the NBA players. And fewer than five of these agencies (if they are leading their players around by the nose) could get the 130 votes to decertify.

Throw the agents out of the room and back into their 90291 pools. This is about the sport, the future of the sport, the players, their long term income (via union benefits). This is not about the Here and Now of ten “The Color of Money” sports agents.

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