Nuclear winter has officially arrived for the NBA. As expected, players have filed two anti-trust lawsuits against the NBA. One in Minneapolis and one in Northern California. The suits claim, players have been coerced into agreeing to anti-competitive player restraints, and massive salary loss. Also, that the defendants-that would be the owners- are conspiring to eliminate competition between themselves. Want the details?
There are several differences between these this situation and what happened with the NFL players during theirs, the NFL players were limited in courts where they could file based off terms in their previous CBA. Also, their case was harder to prove as it was filed in the off season. Where they wouldn’t have been expecting to receive pay. NBA players missed their first check yesterday. For the average NBA player, that amounts to about $220,000
Stern’s ultimatum to accept the deal or it would get worst was a game of chicken. He thought the players were going to blink. If it worked, the owners would’ve praised him for his shrewd negotiating tactics but since it had the opposite affect, the players will now use his words to argue that the owners weren’t acting in good faith in the negotiations.
I still think it’s possible we have a season in January. Just like the lockout of 98 but for now, all the action is in a different court. The officially court date is February 29th, 2012 but could be moved up.
I’m shedding a tear.
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