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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
Compliance buyouts were part of the 2013 CBA because the percentage of revenue dropped from 57% to 50%. Some teams would have had to buy out a bunch of players not becasue they were bad contracts, but simply because they had no other way to actually get under the cap. Remember, under a regular buyout, the team still has 1/3 of the contract value against the cap, AND still has to replace that contract with another player (another contract), to fill out the roster. So, if a team needed to drop $5 million to get under the cap, they would have to buy out probably $10 million worth of contracts.
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Teams had two years to get under the new cap. Meh. Seeing as how the players once again lost big time, I can't see how another lockout will help them out.
But again, buyouts are liked by both sides. They'll just come up with a different justification for them.