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Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing
The problem is, there is no "status quo" as the agreement ended.
As Gary said, (paraphrasing) the league honoured the deal during its duration, and now wants a new deal. The players want the old deal, because they did very well by it. I don't blame them for it, but personally feel their answer of "because that's what we got last time" is bogus, as is their argument that they are offering a reduction in salaries, when all they are offering is a reduction in the increase in salaries they will accept.
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Is there a legitimate business reason to have ELC's guaranteed for 2 years and then have a team option for the next 3 years? Is there a legitimate business reason under their linkage proposal to eliminate arbitration? Is there a legitimate business reason to raise the UFA age? Those are the issues that I was citing, perhaps there is a reason for these things, but I have not seen it.