Back on topic, I’ve been giving this whole situation between the league and PA a lot of thought and the more I think about it the more this all seems like PR theatrics from the league. Clearly the league wants to make the deal better for them and legal or not they are going to be able to do so with or without the consent of the PA, at least in the short term. That probably sounds negative, but if you’re worried about the upcoming season it should come as good news, because it means it’s doubtful the season will be cancelled.
IMO what will happen is that either the parties will agree to some extra concessions to the players in exchange for an upfront increase in deferred salary/escrow caps to give league a higher likelihood of getting the 50/50 split they want, or the league will unilaterally impose the changes they want and the players will have to take them to court where the PA would likely get a favourable ruling but at that point the owners would have already gotten what they wanted upfront and only risk being required to pay it back after the fact.
Not exactly an ideal way to do business, but the league doesn’t have very many other options unless they want to admit they’re bluffing. Cancelling the season isn’t realisticly an option for the league, the potential liability for doing so is too great when they have other options.
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