Comments on: NBA players taking tactic out of John F. Kennedy’s arsenal

By: mrf47

mrf47 — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:38:15 +0000

However, unlike Kennedy during the Cuban missile crisis, the owners have no interest in saving their current world. Many would prefer to see the NBA burn.

By: leearmon

leearmon — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:58:33 +0000

With this move & the players’ union saying they’ll be willing to take even a lesser ammount of th BRI, we will truly see what the owner’s really want. For the past several months the owners, and to some extent fans, have been saying this lockout is to make each team competitive. However, if they change their “system issues” for a larger piece of the BRI pie, obviously the owners will show to the world what many of us have already known. They don’t care about winning as much as they care about making money. As if winners don’t bring in $$$.

It’s time to see what this entire work stoppage is about. I’m very interested in seeing Stern’s & the owner’s next move. If they stay true to their rhetoric about wanting “competitive balance” than no ammount of increased BRI they may recieve should matter. However if they take a larger piece of the $$$ pie in exchange for looser system issues i.e. softer cap, longer contracts, higher MLE etc. we will finally see that all of these shenanigans were about billionaires wanting that much more money, and willing to do whatever, including sacrificing a popular sport, including people’s jobs to get it.

By: dadawg77

dadawg77 — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:03:24 +0000

One thing was the US did agree to pull those missiles just but a little bit later. Russia agreed because it allowed the US to save face and avoid the destruction of the world. Maybe the Owners need to concede something to allow the NBAPA to win something and the deal would be done. Instead they are playing a zero sum game that which will become a lose lose deal. How much equity would NBA owners lose if the a year is missed? If Lebron leaving Cleveland cost Gilbert $100 million, they could end up losing billions in franchise values if we lose a year.