Chris Sheridan remains optimistic that a NBA lockout deal will get done in time to save the start of the regular season, which means that a deal would be done in another week or so. (NBA commissioner David Stern has said there will be "enormous consequences" if a deal isn't done this weekend.) Sheridan continues to point out that the aggregate dollars in such a deal are the important part as Billy Hunter and Derek Fisher, the leaders of the players' union, attempt to sell a settlement to their constituents.
Sheridan pegs the aggregate dollars at the deal point -- which amounts to a 51-49 or 50-50 split of revenue -- at $13.8 billion over six years, or an average of $2.3 billion per season. That's more than what players received last season ($2.17 billion), but far less than what they would have gotten had the revenue split remained at 57-43.
Check out Sheridan's post for a full rundown.
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I find this strange to say....
….but I think Sheridan being something of a lightweight in the CBA knowledge department has made his impulses to focus on the large picture a lot easier. As a result, he’s spent less time using alot of the league generated rhetoric as others have done.
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by pookeyguru on Sep 29, 2011 2:34 PM EDT reply actions
Would have to agree
I think the rhetoric shows there is still some gamenship and leverage being applied in the whole process but yeah it does seem that is all it really is at this point. Personally don’t think they will truly hammer this stuff out until after this whole Stern “doomsay BS” but it does seem like we are approaching the point where the real negotiations are about set to begin (kind of feels like a jump ball where players are bushing their shoulders and bodies into each other for positioning doesn’t it?).
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by wallywagon11 on Sep 29, 2011 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
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