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Organized Ball by Shaunte Coleman 06.30.11 ORGANIZEDBALL
NBA lockout looms as sides fail to reach deal.
This is not what I wanted to see. The league locking out the players is the worst thing that could have happened.
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NEW YORK (AP)—Union chief Billy Hunter said Thursday “it’s obvious the
lockout will happen tonight” after players and owners failed to reach a new
collective bargaining agreement, potentially putting the 2011-12 season in
jeopardy.
Despite a three-hour meeting Thursday and a final proposal from the players
— which NBA leaders said would have raised average player salaries to $7 million
in the sixth year of the deal—the sides could not close the enormous gulf
between their positions.
“The problem is that there’s such a gap in terms of the numbers, where they
are and where we are, and we just can’t find any way to bridge that gap,”
Hunter said.
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lockout will happen tonight” after players and owners failed to reach a new
collective bargaining agreement, potentially putting the 2011-12 season in
jeopardy.
Despite a three-hour meeting Thursday and a final proposal from the players
— which NBA leaders said would have raised average player salaries to $7 million
in the sixth year of the deal—the sides could not close the enormous gulf
between their positions.
“The problem is that there’s such a gap in terms of the numbers, where they
are and where we are, and we just can’t find any way to bridge that gap,”
Hunter said.
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