Comments on: David Stern: “We are going to make a deal” http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/08/david-stern-%e2%80%9cwe-are-going-to-make-a-deal%e2%80%9d/ Basketball - NBC Sports Thu, 23 May 2013 04:45:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: marcusfitzhugh http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/08/david-stern-%e2%80%9cwe-are-going-to-make-a-deal%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-56810 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:36:00 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34244#comment-56810 I could be wrong, but I believe the owners of individual teams vote. I believe they vote on everything offered. What percentage of BRI to offer, hard cap, sign and trade, everything. The players allow their representatives to steer their ship. If the individual players were allowed to vote, we may not have missed ANY games – preseason included. It’s unknown why the players aren’t allowed to vote. I know it’s a union rule, but why is it a rule? Is union management afraid the players as a group will make unwise decisions? If that’s the case, it shouldn’t be, should it? If the players make a bad decision – it’s their decision to make. They’re smart enough to earn their money, smart enough to spend their money, so why can’t they vote on issues concerning “their money”?

It certainly isn’t because it’s too difficult for the 450 players to vote. If that is truly the problem, pay someone like me, and I’ll design and implement a system that allows the players to vote from a smartphone. They can have instant tallies, multiple choices, and if they want, they can change their mind back and forth on issues all the way up to any voting deadline they choose. I’ll do it for one quarter of one percent of the money lost by this labor disagreement – and I’ll retire a very wealthy man.

So really, why can’t the players vote?

]]> By: danielcp0303 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/08/david-stern-%e2%80%9cwe-are-going-to-make-a-deal%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-56804 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:46:04 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34244#comment-56804 If you know there is going to be a deal, then why the hell weren’t the owners and players figuring out a deal 3 or 4 months ago? They could’ve gone all the way up until the preseason if they wanted to…both sides wanted to wait and use power instead of doing things the easy way.

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