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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Compliance buyouts after CBA negotiations have traditionally cost 0 dollars in cap space. That would be the point, it would be free from a cap perspective if the same thing that has happened after every CBA negotiation happens after this negotiation. Totally agree no point in buying him out unless that is the scenario.
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There was, in fact, a CBA negotiation back in 2020, which resulted in the existing CBA being extended until 2026. There were no compliance buyouts, because there was nothing new to comply with.
I don't think it's a sure thing that there will be compliance buyouts in the future. It happened in 2005 because the players' share of HRR was capped at 57% (it had been somewhere around 70). It happened in 2013 because the players' share was cut to 50%. I don't think the owners are willing to lose revenue to a lockout on the chance of going lower than that.