Comments on: Are the NBA owners a unified front, or will they soften?

By: tdman21

tdman21 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:21:44 +0000

these owners want to remake the NBA economy in the image of the general American economy. To roll back and the cap salaries is a lot like flat-lining American wages over the last 30 years. Disconnecting player wages from total league revenues parallels the existing gap in worker pay and worker productivity. The idea that owners deserve $20M in revenue per season, regardless of the stupidity of their decision making, rivals the ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay, which topped out at 411:1 in 2005 before the crash of 2008.

The NBPA would be smart to make these points repeatedly to the general public

By: icu84bs

icu84bs — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:53:07 +0000

‘(Good luck with that one. And, yes, I asked my source if that were the case, why not cut players in for a slice of the action when owners sell their teams? I got something about there being a difference between the risks the players assume on the court and the risks owners take in financing their teams, got a headache in my eye and stopped listening.)’

Hypocrisy gives me headaches too.

By: velascochad

velascochad — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:12:57 +0000

All we here is what he says – Kurt Helin. nice english kurt.

By: rayrsatx

rayrsatx — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:48:03 +0000

Both sides in this dispute remind me of our politicians in Washington. They would rather ruin the league (country), instead if compromising. All they care about is themselves & left the little man (fans) hanging!