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Do you care about the NBA Lockout?

Do care about the NBA Lockout

  • NBA? RoundBall? They have a lockout?

    Votes: 31 73.8%

  • Get this settled, we got a season to save!

    Votes: 4 9.5%

  • I don't have an opinion, but I thought I'd click on this poll and vote anyway.

    Votes: 7 16.7%
  • Total voters
    42
Could care less about basketball. Not much into hip-hop either. LOL!
 
VanceMack said:
We already have Hockey...we dont have more of it because most people dont watch it. Most people dont understand it. Definitely most have never played it.
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I think that the NHL can't make a TV contract to save their lives. Hockey is popular, and if you can get it on national TV more, it will grow. It was growing till those idiots had their whole lock out thing. It can grow again with proper exposure.
 
VanceMack said:
We already have Hockey...we dont have more of it because most people dont watch it. Most people dont understand it. Definitely most have never played it.
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True. The NHL has done a rather poor job branding itself.
 
The NBA is full of overpaid premadonas. That are actually, no good for nothing pimps.
 
The NBA is in lockout?
 
Only realized it yesterday when I saw "Kobe and [insert European team here] very close to deal" scrolling on the Bottom Line. Kinda pales in comparison to the Armageddon that went on for the football situation. Pretty sure everything will turn out fine if the Knicks just appoint Whoopi as coach.
 
dixiesolutions said:
The NBA is full of overpaid premadonas. That are actually, no good for nothing pimps.
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Are they really overpaid or are they being paid for their potential to help their teams win games therefore increasing the money that team draws in?
 
VanceMack said:
We already have Hockey...we dont have more of it because most people dont watch it. Most people dont understand it. Definitely most have never played it.
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10 years ago I didn't understand it either.
 
dixiesolutions said:
The NBA is full of overpaid premadonas. That are actually, no good for nothing pimps.
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X Factor said:
Are they really overpaid or are they being paid for their potential to help their teams win games therefore increasing the money that team draws in?
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Actually, it's not that simple. The structure of the collective bargaining agreement allows for some players to be severely underpaid, while others are overpaid, usually due to free agency.
 
Wtf is wrong with the Players union? They are working on profit sharing but the players union won't move from 53%? When offered 49 they say no, when offered a 50/50 split they say its not even worth talking about aka **** you? Really? Why should they get the majority of the profits plus their million dollar salaries? Are they the owners? Last I checked no. This is exactly why some people hate unions. They say they want fair but go straight into greedy and unjust. If I was the owners I would tell them to get on a bus. I would hire European players to not have to deal this horse****. I would never agree to profit sharing but not only did the NBA agree to it but they offered them HALF of their profits. HALF and the players said no that it is just not worth talking about. You aren't worth talking to players. **** You. I can't believe these ********ers. These people are playing a sport making a millions of dollars and offered HALF of the profits of the sport and they say not enough? Really? I know they are the reason people go to the sport and they should be offered a good salary but they need to be reasonable. They don't deserve the majority of the profits and I can't imagine they can actually explain to someone and make it sound reasonable they actually do deserve 53% of the profits of the NBA.
 
Henrin said:
Wtf is wrong with the Players union? They are working on profit sharing but the players union won't move from 53%? When offered 49 they say no, when offered a 50/50 split they say its not even worth talking about aka **** you? Really? Why should they get the majority of the profits plus their million dollar salaries? Are they the owners? Last I checked no. This is exactly why some people hate unions. They say they want fair but go straight into greedy and unjust. If I was the owners I would tell them to get on a bus. I would hire European players to not have to deal this horse****. I would never agree to profit sharing but not only did the NBA agree to it but they offered them HALF of their profits. HALF and the players said no that it is just not worth talking about. You aren't worth talking to players. **** You. I can't believe these ********ers. These people are playing a sport making a millions of dollars and offered HALF of the profits of the sport and they say not enough? Really? I know they are the reason people go to the sport and they should be offered a good salary but they need to be reasonable. They don't deserve the majority of the profits and I can't imagine they can actually explain to someone and make it sound reasonable they actually do deserve 53% of the profits of the NBA.
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That's not what happened. The latest PUBLIC offering by the league/owners is 47. The 50-50 negotiations took place behind closed doors.

And when they are talking these percentages, they are talking basketball-related income, which is INCLUDED in the players' salaries. This isn't talking about profits in addition to salaries.
 
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StillBallin75 said:
That's not what happened. The latest PUBLIC offering by the league/owners is 47. The 50-50 negotiations took place behind closed doors.
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True, but 50/50 was offered after the 47 percent was rejected. As it stands 50/50 is the last offer by the NBA. As I understand it no negotiations where done on it. One the members of the NBA side of the table said how about a 50/50 split where one of the members of the Players side said it wasn't worth even talking about. It was reported nothing else was said about it. The 49 percent might of been 47 now that I think about it but I do recall there being a 49 percent offer as well. I might be mistaken though.
 
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Henrin said:
True, but 50/50 was offered after the 47 percent was rejected. As it stands 50/50 is the last offer by the NBA. As I understand it no negotiations where done on it. One the members of the NBA side of the table said how about a 50/50 split where one of the members of the Players side said it wasn't worth even talking about. It was reported nothing else was said about it. The 49 percent might of been 47 now that I think about it but I do recall there being a 49 percent offer as well. I might be mistaken though.
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For the latest:

NBA Labor -- First two weeks of season to be canceled if no deal Monday, David Stern says - ESPN

But sources told Broussard that Stern, Silver and San Antonio Spurs owner Peter Holt, in a small-group meeting with Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Derek Fisher and union lawyer Jeffrey Kessler -- really offered the players 49 percent of BRI, with the understanding that it would actually become 51 percent based on incentives related to the projected growth of the league.

The players countered by asking for 51 percent, which would increase to 53 percent based on those same incentives. The owners rejected that.
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For some background, players earned 57% of BRI under the last CBA, if you hadn't already known that. Each percentage point is about a 40 million hit, so asking the players to go for 50% is quite a substantial dropoff.
 
StillBallin75 said:
For the latest:

NBA Labor -- First two weeks of season to be canceled if no deal Monday, David Stern says - ESPN
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Ah, ok. My source said something different.



For some background, players earned 57% of BRI under the last CBA, if you hadn't already known that. Each percentage point is about a 40 million hit, so asking the players to go for 50% is quite a substantial dropoff.
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From the looks of it there needs to be substantial drop off. Eitherway, 50 or 57 they should be happy the NBA would agree with such a thing. As absurd and unjust as profit sharing is I'm honesty surprised anyone would agree with it so the NBA agreeing with such high percentages is pretty amazing. That is not to say I don't understand the players argument coming from their perceptive but the argument itself is pretty absurd.
 
Henrin said:
Ah, ok. My source said something different.





From the looks of it there needs to be substantial drop off. Eitherway, 50 or 57 they should be happy the NBA would agree with such a thing. As absurd and unjust as profit sharing is I'm honesty surprised anyone would agree with it so the NBA agreeing with such high percentages is pretty amazing. That is not to say I don't understand the players argument coming from their perceptive but the argument itself is pretty absurd.
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This is something I'd be glad to discuss. I'd first like to point out that a sports league, and sports franchises, do not operate in the same way that regular business does, and for very good reasons.

In my opinion, I don't believe profit-sharing to be unjust at all. It's the players who are doing the labor, it's they who are putting their bodies on the line each night, and it's they who are the product that the fans want to see. Sure, the league wouldn't exist without the owners financing and building arenas, facilities, etc., but at the end of the day it's the players who are doing the work, presenting the product to the audience. It's entirely fair that they get to negotiate what portion of league-generated revenue they get to earn.
 
StillBallin75 said:
This is something I'd be glad to discuss. I'd first like to point out that a sports league, and sports franchises, do not operate in the same way that regular business does, and for very good reasons.

Why?

In my opinion, I don't believe profit-sharing to be unjust at all. It's the players who are doing the labor, it's they who are putting their bodies on the line each night, and it's they who are the product that the fans want to see. Sure, the league wouldn't exist without the owners financing and building arenas, facilities, etc., but at the end of the day it's the players who are doing the work, presenting the product to the audience. It's entirely fair that they get to negotiate what portion of league-generated revenue they get to earn.
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Well to be fair the owners don't build crap without government money which to me at least is crap.

But profit sharing is unjust because a company already give people a salary that if the owner is worth a damn will understand market values and yes even in the NBA market values exist. I completely agree they should be paid a large amount of money because they are the reason people come to the games, they are the reason things go forward, but profit is my money that comes after I take the money I earned and give them their share. Asking for another share on top of that share is asking for two shares. No one deserves two shares. I gave you one share, and you agreed to that share, why do you need another share of my profits? The rest is my share and as the owner that runs the business I get the biggest share that yes far outshines your own. That is how business works. When those men take their millions of dollars and get employers of their own with their own business they can have the biggest share and if I work for them I will get whatever I agree with for my share.
 
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StillBallin75 said:
Actually, it's not that simple. The structure of the collective bargaining agreement allows for some players to be severely underpaid, while others are overpaid, usually due to free agency.
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Kind of like those overpaid Wall Street types. I'll bet the gap between rich and poor basketball players has been growing.
 
MrVicchio said:
Ex-Rockets coach says ‘very few people care about the NBA lockout’ | Sports Update | a Chron.com blog Basis for the poll
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My only thought is that they're all a bunch of whining imbeciles - it's not like they're poor or struggling economically. They're full of ****, full of their selves and aren't worth spit in a spittoon to me.

All sports figures take this turn when they put thousands and millions in front of their supposed love for the game and interest in their fans and the sport itself.

maybe they just need to live like regular people working regular job for a while and take a dose of reality.
 
Aunt Spiker said:
My only thought is that they're all a bunch of whining imbeciles - it's not like they're poor or struggling economically. They're full of ****, full of their selves and aren't worth spit in a spittoon to me.

All sports figures take this turn when they put thousands and millions in front of their supposed love for the game and interest in their fans and the sport itself.

maybe they just need to live like regular people working regular job for a while and take a dose of reality.
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Tell it like it is auntie :)
 
jambalaya said:
Kind of like those overpaid Wall Street types. I'll bet the gap between rich and poor basketball players has been growing.
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Career bench Player

Oh getting half million dollars is so horrible! I mean, I just sit on the bench all day but I deserve what Kobe has! I mean just look at that car! I deserve that as a human being!
 
lpast said:
Tell it like it is auntie :)
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I have a lot of respect, though, for the athletes who play just because they want to and don't let their passion for money cloud their passion for sport and sportsmanship.

And I feel bad for fans - they're the reason why there's money to be found in sports but they get the shaft in the end.
 
jambalaya said:
Kind of like those overpaid Wall Street types. I'll bet the gap between rich and poor basketball players has been growing.
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If it has, it's nothing like the gap between the average player and the average owner.

Some rich players are actually being underpaid (LeBron James, for example). Most "poor players" are actually overpaid. Like I said before, the labor market in sports leagues doesn't really operate the same way as it does for regular businesses. The NBA is a league where the superstars pull the league along, and the league in turn pulls along the role players.
 
Aunt Spiker said:
My only thought is that they're all a bunch of whining imbeciles - it's not like they're poor or struggling economically. They're full of ****, full of their selves and aren't worth spit in a spittoon to me.

All sports figures take this turn when they put thousands and millions in front of their supposed love for the game and interest in their fans and the sport itself.

maybe they just need to live like regular people working regular job for a while and take a dose of reality.
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this has actually been happening due to the lockout.

Delonte West is riding out the lockout, working from a furniture van - Ball Don't Lie - NBA Blog - Yahoo! Sports
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While I completely understand some fans' perception that the lockout is essentially millionaire's fighting over money, I'd also like to point out that for most of these athletes, their careers only last about a decade, if even that. Naturally both sides are going to scrap for every dollar that's at stake, and the historical track record of these things is usually that the players get screwed.
 
The NHL season is starting this week.

Just sayin'...
 
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