Players need to wait this out ... They make those owners all of that money. The people come to see Kobe ... Would they sell out / have so many celebs without him ? Nope. Same with Lebron and Wade. Some other teams and players too. They earn that money. Yes It truely sucks that we will miss watching games ... Just makes me shake my head. BUT, man those players gotta get their money. I'd tell them wait It out as long as possible. It'll be worth It In the long run. ... But we'll obviously see what happens. I really hope the season still goes on.
Ok how about I put it as 'careers are generally shorter in other sports because the extreme wear and tear the players suffer'.
Anybody CAN put a ball in a hoop - just at differing levels of skill.
Have you ever thrown a pitch? I have and it's damn hard and sore.
Have you ever played gridiron? I have and I was too cowardly for it.
Have you ever shot a puck? I've tried... skating is hard enough but then to add in puck control and shooting? Get out of here...
You what the funny thing is? Without the owners, players wouldn't get paid anyway. So if you keep going on like this, asking for unsustainable wage increases every decade, remember how much more they got paid after the last season we lost, you're going to lose quality owners and then franchises. What are you gonna do now Lebron? Also whoever said Lebron can go set up his own league, stupidest idea. Who's gonna pay him? And who's going to pay the other players to play with him? Who's gonna play with Lebron with no money on offer. Cool idea
This also sounds familiar in Australia right now. Those Qantas staff asking for more pay increases even after being the most highly paid in Australia and almost in the world. Sometimes people don't know how good it is when they're at the top. Maybe when Qantas crumbles after passengers get fed up with this strike bull**** and everyone loses their jobs, that's when the greedy ****s get a taste of their own medicine.
The AFL should be proud, but lets be honest ytou cant compare a 100k MCG to a 30k NBA stadium. Ofcourse we will average more. But NBA is way more profitable because stadium deal are better, tv, etc. Though afl is improving in all aspects. But supply and demand means NBA get away with charging more per ticket. Afl only get ridiculous prices for finals and a handful of blockbusters.
both leagues should be very proud of the product that they produce for the public, and whilst I understand it is a negotiation both should also need a serious amount of work when it comes to player/league/owner disputes... surely these things can be settled further in advance than leaving it to the last minute as both leagues have?? very annoying for us the consumer
You what the funny thing is? Without the owners, players wouldn't get paid anyway. So if you keep going on like this, asking for unsustainable wage increases every decade, remember how much more they got paid after the last season we lost, you're going to lose quality owners and then franchises. What are you gonna do now Lebron? Also whoever said Lebron can go set up his own league, stupidest idea. Who's gonna pay him? And who's going to pay the other players to play with him? Who's gonna play with Lebron with no money on offer. Cool idea
This also sounds familiar in Australia right now. Those Qantas staff asking for more pay increases even after being the most highly paid in Australia and almost in the world. Sometimes people don't know how good it is when they're at the top. Maybe when Qantas crumbles after passengers get fed up with this strike bull**** and everyone loses their jobs, that's when the greedy ****s get a taste of their own medicine.
Wow I can't believe some of the dribble I'm reading in here.... basketball NOT a specialised sport!? Players are mainly to blame!? The players want to make MORE money!??
Firstly..... as others have pointed out; basketball IS a specialised sport. IMO it's probably one of the most specialised (depending on position); I'd also say playing basketball requires a better IQ than a lot of other sports. I don't watch the other sports but relatively speaking I don't see how you can say Baseball and NFL are MORE specialsed than basketball!? NFL isn't much more than getting the ball to a guy and then avoiding the people trying to tackle you so you can run with it past a line.... baseball a good portion of the time you're standing around doing nothing; your only skills you need are being able to run fast, throw a baseball and hit a baseball with a bat. Yes, not anybody can do the latter two as well as they can, but that's why I'm speaking relatively as I believe there is far more skill involved in playing basketball.
I don't quite agree.
As I've said - it takes skill and there are varying degrees of skill, but ultimately they all do the same thing - and are therefore replaceable. Obviously if you replace stars with scrubs it's nowhere near as enticing or good, but the game can still happen.
You take other sports players out of their games and you won't be able to fill them with joe average... it would be a disaster.
So my point is that they don't necessarily deserve the huge mega money that a) they're already on and b) are wanting more of...
A more fair way to do it would be to tier the contracts so the mega stars earn in one bracket, the semi stars another etc etc. That way absolute losers like Rashard Lewis wouldn't be on enough to make you sick, and there'd in theory be more for everyone to share. But then someone was stupid enough to give him that much in the beginning...
How about instead of 'let us play' they spend time working out how to share their incomes so that it's fair for everyone?
The game can "still happen" with any sport...... not quite sure what basis you have behind your argument there.
Also..... not quite sure why you keep suggesting they are wanting MORE money!? As I said in my post they have already come DOWN from 57% to 53%.
Ok maybe I'm going too deep with the 'game can still happen' bit - but I can assure you that it'd be a lot easier to replace basketball players than those in other sports. And they are wanting MORE money. They want more than they're currently getting and more than they're being offered. In what other situation do the 'employees' have a right to over 50% of the revenues..? They are making a mint. They want more. They are being exceptionally greedy IMO.
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