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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I don't think it's silly as it's a pretty cut and dry rule. The league has no choice but to act on it as you can't have teams slacking on this stuff as clearly it meant enough to players to bargain for it in the CBA.
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What I meant was silly was the whole idea that if they had flown at 12:01am, everything would have been okay, but flying at 10:30pm was horrible and worthy of a fine. Also, the fine amount is so ridiculously small that it's not even a deterrent for the team to do it.
The league has blame on this as well for scheduling a game that requires that much travel and by allowing a midnight departure. From the players' perspective, they're losing the night of the 26th from their break either way, so of course, they're going to be okay with leaving a little bit earlier to get into the hotel in St. Louis earlier.
The earliest travel time on the 27th should be 10am local time and the maximum flight time should be 1 hour. If a team needs to travel further than that, they can't play on the 27th.