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The owners should just start the season with players that aren't in the NBA or part of the players union. Players that are currently not under contract or playing in scrub leagues would flock to the NBA just to get a decent paycheck. It would take long for NBA caliber players to start crossing the line. Think The Replacements.
 
GVC said:
A lot of people don't seem to grasp that the players could hire people to run these franchises that they would collectively own, much like the current owners do.

I don't know that it would work that well, but if the season is lost, it would give the players some time to explore the viability of a project like that. That Amare didn't go to college is irrelevant.
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There might be a legal viability problem, however, with the union's charter actively funding a new league that's a (potential) competitor to their collective bargaining partner.

There would probably need to be a new voluntary pay-in entity separate from the union itself for something like that to happen.

Scat said:
The owners should just start the season with players that aren't in the NBA or part of the players union. Players that are currently not under contract or playing in scrub leagues would flock to the NBA just to get a decent paycheck. It would take long for NBA caliber players to start crossing the line. Think The Replacements.
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I know I base all my strategic labor decisions on C-rate Keanu Reeves movies.
 
GVC said:
A lot of people don't seem to grasp that the players could hire people to run these franchises that they would collectively own, much like the current owners do.

I don't know that it would work that well, but if the season is lost, it would give the players some time to explore the viability of a project like that. That Amare didn't go to college is irrelevant.
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Takes a lot more then that to start a league. They have to have a huge support which a lot of people wont follow them to begin with. I would have a hard time watching them for sure. Not sure how they would end up getting nearly as much money as they do now as well.
 
Scat said:
The owners should just start the season with players that aren't in the NBA or part of the players union. Players that are currently not under contract or playing in scrub leagues would flock to the NBA just to get a decent paycheck. It would take long for NBA caliber players to start crossing the line. Think The Replacements.
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I don't mind that or just start from scratch. Not sure if they could do that or not but this thing is going to go to the courts next.
 
shadler said:
a lot of people wont follow them to begin with. I would have a hard time watching them for sure.
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I forgot. People are more interested in how the owners look in the stands than they are in what's happening on the court. My bad.
 
Sirkickyass said:
There might be a legal viability problem, however, with the union's charter actively funding a new league that's a (potential) competitor to their collective bargaining partner.

There would probably need to be a new voluntary pay-in entity separate from the union itself for something like that to happen.
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Ya, I'm not claiming any understanding of how a new league could be formed. I'm mostly responding to people talking about how forming a new "players" league wouldn't be possible because the players don't have much in the way of business acumen. Clearly, neither do the people making these silly assertions.
 
GVC said:
I forgot. People are more interested in how the owners look in the stands than they are in what's happening on the court. My bad.
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No just rather find something else to do in their lives then watch players put up 150 point games and play no D.
 
Scat said:
The owners should just start the season with players that aren't in the NBA or part of the players union. Players that are currently not under contract or playing in scrub leagues would flock to the NBA just to get a decent paycheck. It would take long for NBA caliber players to start crossing the line. Think The Replacements.
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Lol. They already have that league....its called D League. And it isn't remotely successful.
 
Hunter is clownshoes. He needs to stop pretending he knows best and preaching the hive mind. Time to send out the ballot. Tell players, "If I can negotiate 51, would you rather take that than hold out for 53?" In private voting, I guarantee his constituency, you know, the guys he's advocating for, would tell him to get the deal done.
 
GVC said:
What? Why wouldn't the league be competitive?
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Being that it would be full of all star players they would need the support of all the other mid level players that make those extra push in games. Those players would end up staying in the nba because they would make more money there. They would have to find some miracle to be able to get those players and coaches. So the support and money is what it will take but it will fail because you will be competing with the nba. Players couldn't keep up that in the end. The league would be mixed with all star nba players against college players. Something like a new league would have to take a lot of time over the years to make. I wouldn't mind watching more basketball but there is a good chance you wouldn't see utah have a second team. Nba just has too much control in the end and is world wide.
 
Shad said:
Game over. Farewell season.
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...well, look at it this way. The Jazz weren't going to compete anyway. They would probably lose about 50 plus games. We're not a hopper type team and we're not a fundamentally sound team either. We are a "tweener!" We have no real identity anymore. We lack athleticism....we lack basketball brains, we lack alot of stuff! It's best the whole season is cancelled....and put us all out of our misery!
 
The players have the collective intelligence of a sack of hammers. They have zero leverage and zero chance of outlasting the owners in a war of wills. At this point they deserve whatever paltry settlement they will ultimately get.
 
...Stern is about to pull the "Dutch" move! Don't sign by Dec?...it's now 51/49 owners. Don't sign by Jan? It's now 52/48 owners! Don't sign by Feb? It's now 53/47 owners!
Those boys with all the various payments will be so willing to sign by then that the owners will have gotten EVERYTHING they wanted and then some!
 
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