Good News. Labor deal is 95.632% complete

[chambers]

$100 million (2.5% a year) is what's stopping a deal from being done. I give a week max.

Praise the lord.

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/216236/New_Labor_Deal_95_Percent_Complete

[hpantazo]

If I had the kind of money the owners have, I would just give them the 100 million to each side myself and get it over with.

[chambers]

If I had the kind of money the owners have, I would just give them the 100 million to each side myself and get it over with.

I guess if we had that much money, maybe our egos would be worth more than a measly $100 million.

I hope they can come to a halfway split.Fingers crossed.

[Bahku]

As always, I'll believe it when it happens ... this is the way it ended on Friday, (so really nothing new), but that "only 2.5%" is a much bigger deal when the players have stated emphatically that they will not accept under 52% and the owners saying that their 3% concession, (from 47% to 50%), is enough on their end. No more meetings scheduled at this point either, so this usually "half-full" guy sees nothing different than it was on Friday afternoon. But here's hoping anyway, (again).

[Roy H.]

$100 million this year.  $100+ million each season over the next 6 to 10 seasons.

In other words, that 5% that remains unresolved is pretty huge.

[nickagneta]

As Roy and Bahku stated...still a huge chasm left and both sides will be willing to do nothing for at least another week to see who starts to blink first given that the league will need about a month to get up and running once both sides agree.

Each side is looking at November as being permanently lost so they will next be motivated to save December but don't need to worry about those games for at least a week. So they will be staring at each other from either side of that drawn line waiting to see who weakens first. If by this time next week we are still where we are, kiss December games goodbye too, and be ready for possibly no basketball this year...all over that last 2.5%.

[Roy H.]

My solution:  the players get 50%, the owners get 48%...  and the fans get 2%.

2% is approximately $80million, or $2.67 million per franchise.  Let's say the average semi-decent ticket costs $50.  Over 41 home games, that pays for 1300 free tickets per game.  Each franchise should be required to give away that number of tickets per game. 

It will never happen for a variety of reasons, but I'd love to see the two sides try to do something creative to give back a bit.

[greenpride32]

If I had the kind of money the owners have, I would just give them the 100 million to each side myself and get it over with.

If you really thought like that you'd never become a millionaire or billionaire in the first place.  It's quite easy to say anything when you don't have any skin in the game.

[hpantazo]

My solution:  the players get 50%, the owners get 48%...  and the fans get 2%.

2% is approximately $80million, or $2.67 million per franchise.  Let's say the average semi-decent ticket costs $50.  Over 41 home games, that pays for 1300 free tickets per game.  Each franchise should be required to give away that number of tickets per game. 

It will never happen for a variety of reasons, but I'd love to see the two sides try to do something creative to give back a bit.

That would be amazing, an ideal solution.

[hpantazo]

If I had the kind of money the owners have, I would just give them the 100 million to each side myself and get it over with.

If you really thought like that you'd never become a millionaire or billionaire in the first place.  It's quite easy to say anything when you don't have any skin in the game.

that's true, I don't have the greed required to become a billionaire, so yea, I can't fully identify with those who are

[Q_FBE]

My solution:  the players get 50%, the owners get 48%...  and the fans get 2%.

2% is approximately $80million, or $2.67 million per franchise.  Let's say the average semi-decent ticket costs $50.  Over 41 home games, that pays for 1300 free tickets per game.  Each franchise should be required to give away that number of tickets per game. 

It will never happen for a variety of reasons, but I'd love to see the two sides try to do something creative to give back a bit.

That would be amazing, an ideal solution.

I like the Owners get 49.5, Players 50.3 and the 0.2 percent goes to free internet subsubcriptions to the 1st 1 million passionate NBA fans that sign up. That is a great deal, INDEED!

[Chris]

This is such a decieving headline (not for the thread, but the article that has been circulating).  Until they agree to everything, they haven't agreed to anything.  Anything that was "agreed" upon already, was agreed to under the assumption by both sides that they would get the BRI they want.  For them to actually meet in the middle on that (or the other issues that are still on the table), each side will be asking for other concessions from things already "agreed" upon.

For example, maybe ownership calls the players and says "OK, we will give you 52%"...that would not be the end of it.  There would still be the "...but, only if we limit all contracts to 3 or 4 years, and we get even stiffer pentalties on luxury taxes."

So, while it is very interesting to see what they have tentatively agreed upon, until they shake on the whole deal, this thing is still 0% done.

[mgent]

I think the players should come down to 50% in exchange for some better officials.

[thirstyboots18]

I think the players should come down to 50% in exchange for some better officials.

Finally!  A logical line in the sand. TP

[guava_wrench]

I am happy the negotiators can look at the progress and at least feel they are closer to a solution.