Hard-Line Factions Threaten Latest NBA Negotiations

[GamerGuy]

The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in Manhattan. Six hours later, league officials will meet with the players union in what may be the last chance to resolve the lockout.

 

Their efforts may be undermined before they ever reach the table.

 

A faction of 50 N.B.A. players is threatening to dissolve the union if it compromises further on player salaries. The league is facing an equivalent threat from a trenchant group of owners, who are vowing to oppose any deal that gives players more than 50 percent of revenue.

 

The owners’ faction includes between 10 and 14 owners and is being led by Charlotte’s Michael Jordan, according to a person who has spoken with the owners. That group wanted the players’ share set no higher than 47 percent, and it was upset when league negotiators proposed a 50-50 split last month.

 

According to the person who spoke with the owners, Jordan’s faction intends to vote against the 50-50 deal, if negotiations get that far. Saturday’s owners meeting was arranged in part to address that concern.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/sports/basketball/hard-line-factions-threaten-latest-nba-negotiations.html?_r=1&ref=sports

 

While I think those rogue players can be rallied back in, those owners are the ones mucking everything up. MJ is SUCH a hypocrite here...he tells Abe Pollin in '98 that if he can't make a profit, he should sell his team, but when he's an owner he goes and does this? SMH. -_-

[Dash]

So the union and the owners are both split...chances of a season aren't looking good.