Owner Real Deal Posted October 21, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 An agreement in principle was reached in New York on Tuesday between the league and its veteran referees on a new two-year contract that will end the lockout of the NBA's 57 regular officials and get them on the court in time for next week's regular season opener, according to a source with knowledge of the discussions. The agreement came after the referee's union indicated to the league that if it would accept the officials' latest proposal, the union's five-member executive board would recommend to the rank and file to ratify the deal, and that the union could assure broad support among the membership, the source said. The NBA agreed. The executive board will recommend passage of the new contract on Friday in a meeting of the officials in New Jersey, with the expectation of approval that would lead to all referees reporting to a brief camp on Saturday before the start of games a week from today. "I think it's great," players' association director Billy Hunter said. "We'd welcome them back." Tuesday's meeting included NBA Commissioner David Stern and the union's attorney, Lamell McMorris, who hadn't met face-to-face in more than a month, since acrimonious negotiations between the two led to each recusing himself from further negotiations between the sides. Also at the meeting, according to the source, was deputy commissioner Adam Silver, the NBA's president of league and basketball operations, Joel Litvin, and the league's executive vice president and general counsel, Rick Buchanan.http://www.nba.com/2009/news/10/20/refs.agreement/index.html Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Thank the Lord. Seems like every highlight on sportscenter about the NBA had something to do with the replacement refs messing stuff up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Thank God! Replacements were awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Bomba Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Cool, now Lionell Hollins can blame somebody else for his piss poor coaching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headliner Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Everybody say "THANK YOU JESUS" the Lord is good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Feelgood Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Today is a good day. I see a bright future in the NBA now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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