May 22, 2013

NHL Lockout: Union views NHL plan as small step forward

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TORONTO (AP) — NHL labor negotiations will resume Thursday after the players’ union reviewed management’s proposal and saw it as only a small step forward to ending the monthlong lockout. The NHL made the proposal Tuesday in what it said was an attempt to preserve a full 82-game schedule. The league publicly released the plan [...]

NBA: No easy answer to competitive-balance issue

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Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers goes after a loose ball in front of Shawn Marion #0 of the Dallas Mavericks in the second quarter in Game Two of the Western Conference Semifinals in the 2011 NBA Playoffs at Staples Center on May 4, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (May 4, 2011 – [...]

Stern says NBA ‘finished’ negotiating

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NBA Commissioner David Stern (C) and NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver speak to members of the media after a press conference after the NBA and NBA Player’s Association met to negotiate the CBA at The Helmsley Hotel on November 10, 2011 in New York City. (November 9, 2011 – Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images North [...]

Players to discuss NBA’s offer Monday; decertifying worries Stern

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Billy Hunter, Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association (L), and Derek Fisher, President of the National Basketball Players Association speak at a press conference after the NBA and NBA Player’s Association met to negotiate the CBA at The Helmsley Hotel on November 10, 2011 in New York City. (November 9, 2011 – Photo [...]

NBA talks break off; union ‘pessimistic’ about season

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — NEW YORK – NBA players’ refusal to accept a hard salary cap led to an impasse in collective bargaining discussions with the league Tuesday, jeopardizing the start of training camps, preseason and the regular season. “We’re a bit pessimistic and discouraged at, one, the ability to start on time, and [...]

NBA union head not confident of 2011-12 season

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Derek Fisher of the Los Angeles Lakers and president of the NBPA speaks about the NBA labor negotiations as the deadline looms at Omni Hotel on June 30, 2011 in New York City. According to reports, the NBA has locked out the players after they were unable to reach a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). [...]

NBA in for long labor stalemate

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(PhatzRadio/ USA Today) – NEW YORK — Key NBA negotiators from the players’ and owners’ sides reported no progress Monday in their first meeting since the lockout began July 1. Commissioner David Stern went a step further when asked if he believed players were bargaining in good faith: “I would say not.” The 2½-hour meeting [...]

NBA lockout: Next meeting Monday, what are the issues?

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(PhatzRadio/ USA Today) – With the NFL and its players ending their labor dispute with a new collective bargaining agreement last week, the NBA’s labor stoppage will face more scrutiny. NBA owners and the National Basketball Players Union (NBPA) will meet today in New York, the first time since the lockout began July 1 that [...]

Source: Locked-out players getting $160M back in escrow return

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NEW YORK (AP) — Locked-out NBA players will have their escrow money returned to them for the first time because salaries fell below 57 percent of league revenues last season, two people with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. The players will get about $160 million back when a final audit of league revenues is [...]

NBA News: Owners, union to meet Tuesday

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NEW YORK (AP) — The effort seems there in the NBA labor talks. Time might not be. Owners and players are scheduled to meet again Tuesday, a session that Commissioner David Stern indicated would be critical in gauging whether a new collective bargaining agreement can be reached before the current deal expires on June 30. [...]