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Originally Posted by Bingo
I'm not really interested in a player's side vs owner's side argument ... it's been done to death.
But the bottom line is that a $5B industry is about to be turned into a $1.7B industry, and clearly the owners won't or can't take that hit and survive with a two or three year escrow.
Honestly the players hate escrow, but they're going to hate the living hell out of it if they don't prorate salaries lower than what was in the new CBA (did they agree on a % for this troubled season?). The financial hit is going to be massive and since they both signed a 50/50 split partnership they'd better work together to ensure the league still has 31(32) teams when the dust settles.
I don't blame the players for hating it, but then who's happy in this mess?
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It was unreasonable for the players to expect the owners to stand by the deal they agreed to in July. This is November and it is a different month.