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Billy Hunter has drawn scrutiny for the NBPA’s business practices. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Billy Hunter has pledged to continue his work with the National Basketball Players Association after an internal investigation that questioned his practices as executive director, but his family members won’t be joining him. Bloomberg.com reported Tuesday that Hunter [...]
FILE – In this June 30, 2011, file photo, Union chief Billy Hunter speaks to reporters after a meeting with the NBA in New York. A review of the NBA’s players’ association found that executive director Hunter did nothing illegal with union funds, but enough wrong that players should consider whether he should remain in [...]
TORONTO (AP) — Union chief Donald Fehr is sticking to his story that a deal with the NHL to end the long lockout was close before talks suddenly broke off this week. The NHL Players’ Association executive director repeated earlier remarks that an agreement appeared to be within reach Thursday night when the league rejected [...]
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman accused the players’ union, led by executive director Donald Fehr, of stonewalling as talks recessed late last week. (Chris Young/Canadian Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — National Hockey League labor talks remain in recess five days after negotiations broke down, and 10 days before the league has threatened to lock out [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The NFL Players Association filed documents in federal court disputing Commissioner Roger Goodell’s sworn statement that he was prepared to discipline players for their involvement in the New Orleans Saints bounty pool in March but waited until May as a courtesy to the union. Attorneys for four players suspended in the [...]
NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith speaks as (from 2nd L) Tony Richardson, Domonique Foxworth and Charlie Batch look onduring a press conference held by the NFL Players Association at the Super Bowl XLVI Media Center in the J.W. Marriott Indianapolis on February 2, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (February 1, 2012 – Source: Win [...]
(Reuters) – The fun and games of the National Hockey League’s All-Star weekend turned serious Saturday as league commissioner Gary Bettman and player’s union chief Donald Fehr danced around questions about a looming labor war. With the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) set to expire on September 15, NHL owners and the players association (NHLPA) [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The rift between NBA owners and players isn’t so much about the split of revenue in the next collective bargaining agreement but about the system to deliver it as the lockout enters Day 141. Players have come down 7% from the last CBA, roughly $280 million-plus a year in salaries, [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Union chief Billy Hunter said Thursday “it’s obvious the lockout will happen tonight” after players and owners failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, potentially putting the 2011-12 season in jeopardy. Despite a three-hour meeting Thursday and a final proposal from the players, the sides could not close the enormous [...]
(PhatzRadio/ USA Today) – NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, various league officials and several owners are expected to kick off two days of meetings with the locked-out players and (decertified) union chief DeMaurice Smith on Wednesday near Boston just 24 hours after all 32 owners were briefed on the progress of collective bargaining negotiations (no votes [...]
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