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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Still, it boils down to whether you think the league actually frittered away the linkage that they fought so hard to acquire (at the cost of a full season), or if they gave the players a big win in the form of a loan based on general principle of maintaining 50/50 linkage.
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It’s a bit of a combination of both. The league wanted to keep the previous CBA terms but also knew that players likely wouldn’t play next season at all if there was the potential that they would play 82 games for significantly less than half of their salary. So both sides came to an agreement where neither side got exactly what they wanted but it set them both up reasonably well to re-enter into a guaranteed 50/50 split in revenue for the next CBA.
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Perhaps they needed a few more 'will negotiate in good faith' statements in the MOU, but they still hold the hammer here so it doesn't ultimately matter.
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The league always has the option of shutting down their operation, they just don’t usually have the benefit of a global pandemic to give them a potential way around it being considered an illegal employer lockout.
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As it stands, the players would make 80% - 10% additional deferral to play ~73% of a season. It's pretty hard to see that as a realistic/reasonable outcome given the current circumstances.
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The circumstances are the exact same as when the league agreed to this MOU. The league, by it’s own admission, knew where we are at right now was a potential outcome and agreed to the deal knowing that. The league even went a step further to shoot themselves in the foot by agreeing to ridiculous back loaded contracts in free agency when they knew it would further reduce the amount they would receive from escrow for this upcoming season.