[HitsterParticipant]

With the owners not prepared to go over 50:50 and the players wanting at least 52/53:48/47, I just wondered if as a bit of an off the wall idea maybe a short term CBA for one or two years could be done to get the season up and running again.

Whilst this was going on Stern and Hunter plus their teams could continue trying to sort out a long term CBA and if they were doing it from say a 52:48 position then it might be a lot easier to get the figures to balance nearer that 50:50 level which seems to be the magic figure.

The players would have made a consession of 5 percentage points but still have over 50% and the owners get a biggerr share of the revenue and get the teams back on court and start making money again.

I know a short term deal could lead to further lockouts but it could tide the level over for a couple of years in which time teams would be expected to get their caps in order. Players would push for extensions because they would know that the next deal would be worse for them but the extensions would still be at reduced terms to what they could get now.

Another idea that I had and which is being phased in across European football is that teams can only spend a certain percentage of their revenue on player’s salaries so the bigger teams still have the chance to spend more with cap levels of course applying but it limits their spending in line with their revenues and stops owners bankrolling teams as has happened in football with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City in recent years.

This would differentiate between the teams getting over 20,000 per game and having play off runs and those who get under 15,000 and are in the lottery. Also some teams are worldwide brands eg Bulls, Knicks, Lakers etc whilst say Charlotte for example even with MJ as an owner are not.

[apb540Participant]

I don’t give a shit about who gets the money. Just give me the fucking NBA!!! I’m so pissed off. 

[TallmanNYCParticipant]

 Owners don’t want to let up on the players and a two year agreement would do that. Then if the Owners tried another lockout two years from now to get an even better deal, they will look even more like a$$h0les. 

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