Comments on: Stern says owners unified, “vast majority” favor hard cap http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/15/stern-says-owners-unified-%e2%80%9cvast-majority%e2%80%9d-favor-hard-cap/ Basketball - NBC Sports Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: florida727 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/15/stern-says-owners-unified-%e2%80%9cvast-majority%e2%80%9d-favor-hard-cap/comment-page-1/#comment-53311 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:10:11 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=31417#comment-53311 Unfortunately for the players, they need to realize they are nothing more than “employees” of the owners. All the risk is being taken on by the owners, none by the players. Therefore, the owners SHOULD make the lion’s share of the money. A hard cap allows the owners to better project expenses, thereby better being able to determine their financial needs. They can better determine ticket prices, TV rights deals, concessions, parking, etc., in an effort to achieve their financial objectives as owners. The hard cap also helps foster an environment of the proverbial level-playing-field. The problem with the percentage arrangement is that the big market teams, absent equal revenue sharing, will always have an advantage over the smaller market teams, and you’ll always have a competitive imbalance.

Sorry, players, but you’re on the wrong end of this deal. Go a few years without a paycheck and let me now how your ‘solidarity’ is working out. Kobe, LeBron, Wade, etc., will all be just fine. They already have enough to live on comfortably. What about the guy sitting near the end of the bench? He’s the guy that can NOT afford to have this thing drag out. And that’s where the players as a whole lose their leverage.

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