Interesting look in the New York Times regarding talks surrounding the NBA CBA . . . . . and the positioning of union and management.
The CBA expires in two years.
After the NHL's negotiations in 2004-05 and the decision to cancel an entire season, sport unions aren't likely to assume management eventually caves . . . . which has historically been the best bet.
As with the NHL, if ownership is truly motivated and genuine - which isn't usually the case in these things - then management tends to get what they want.
Are NBA owners distressed enough to cancel a season? And would players push them that far to find out? Or does it need to go that far given the precedent established in the NHL?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/sp...unter.html?hpw
Cowperson