…for the owners (congrats to Hunter for cleaning the owners’ clock) and the sporting world economics have changed. If they care about the longterm viability of their league they would realize encouraging parity (and teams retaining their stars) is the best recipe for success (look no further than the NFL)
Kudos to the small-market owners ignoring the media drivel that this is only about greed and pettiness. What they are really standing up is the long-term success of ALL the teams, not just the “super teams”.
Marksays
Interesting tweet. Confirms what I have long held. The owners are letting the players know who is boss. Of course, they are doing this at the expense and disregard of the consumer who pays the bills.
illybsays
There was a good article pretty much detailing that, surprisingly it was on Grantland.com(usually Simmons isn’t the best with specifics and facts but then again he didn’t write it)
Bradsays
Illyb, thanks for the Grantland reference. At least that author explained the economics correctly. Yet, it never ceases to amaze me that the media (Chris Sheridan included) just do not understand why the owners are locking out the players: it is because they have too much power due to a screwed-up model. The Grantland author says the owners Are fighting because of “vindictiveness and indifference” WTF?
The owners, quite simply, want to take the league back. It is ridiculous these players can hold teams hostage (LeBron, Carmelo, and now Howard) and then leave them with close to nothing either thru a BS sign-and-trade or a “10 cents on the dollar” like Carmelo or DWilliams.
I get that b-ball is different than the other sports that you need a superstar to win, but if the owners don’t do something to stop the big-market teams from spending at all costs to get these superstars (luxury tax restrictions, etc.) then you will have 5 super teams And 25 Washington Generals. Is this a league anyone wants to watch.
And I am all about the players’ right to choose where they play, but they shouldn’t be able to set a team back 10 years back to do so. That”s where what is “in the best interests of basketball” (to borrow a line from the MLB constitution) should trump all.
I understand why the players feel like they’ve given up too much. But what they don’t u derstand is the last CBA was a bad deal
Michael Ssays
There’s really nothing in the new deal that forces a player to stay with his current team at the end of his contract. Cuts are going to fall on the ‘middle class” If it takes you ten years to recover from the loss of a star player, then you’re probably doing something wrong. Also could be argued whether some small market teams should exist. A few teams with little fan support.
…for the owners (congrats to Hunter for cleaning the owners’ clock) and the sporting world economics have changed. If they care about the longterm viability of their league they would realize encouraging parity (and teams retaining their stars) is the best recipe for success (look no further than the NFL)
Kudos to the small-market owners ignoring the media drivel that this is only about greed and pettiness. What they are really standing up is the long-term success of ALL the teams, not just the “super teams”.
Interesting tweet. Confirms what I have long held. The owners are letting the players know who is boss. Of course, they are doing this at the expense and disregard of the consumer who pays the bills.
There was a good article pretty much detailing that, surprisingly it was on Grantland.com(usually Simmons isn’t the best with specifics and facts but then again he didn’t write it)
Illyb, thanks for the Grantland reference. At least that author explained the economics correctly. Yet, it never ceases to amaze me that the media (Chris Sheridan included) just do not understand why the owners are locking out the players: it is because they have too much power due to a screwed-up model. The Grantland author says the owners Are fighting because of “vindictiveness and indifference” WTF?
The owners, quite simply, want to take the league back. It is ridiculous these players can hold teams hostage (LeBron, Carmelo, and now Howard) and then leave them with close to nothing either thru a BS sign-and-trade or a “10 cents on the dollar” like Carmelo or DWilliams.
I get that b-ball is different than the other sports that you need a superstar to win, but if the owners don’t do something to stop the big-market teams from spending at all costs to get these superstars (luxury tax restrictions, etc.) then you will have 5 super teams And 25 Washington Generals. Is this a league anyone wants to watch.
And I am all about the players’ right to choose where they play, but they shouldn’t be able to set a team back 10 years back to do so. That”s where what is “in the best interests of basketball” (to borrow a line from the MLB constitution) should trump all.
I understand why the players feel like they’ve given up too much. But what they don’t u derstand is the last CBA was a bad deal
There’s really nothing in the new deal that forces a player to stay with his current team at the end of his contract. Cuts are going to fall on the ‘middle class” If it takes you ten years to recover from the loss of a star player, then you’re probably doing something wrong. Also could be argued whether some small market teams should exist. A few teams with little fan support.