Seemingly overshadowed by the NFL lockout, the NBA lockout is nearing a critical point for players and owners alike. The collective bargaining agreement is set to expire by Thursday's end, and both sides seem far apart.The players and owners are far apart on issues such as players salaries, how to put forth the league's mandated salary cap, and how to divide revenue. When both sides appear unmoving, it leaves little hope for resolution.
Again, nobody seems to notice that the NBA is squandering one of it's better seasons in the last 15 years. Not when the NFL is going through a similar lockout, or that the NFL is making what looks as progress between the two sides. When people are struggling to find jobs, or to make an income, or to avoid foreclosure on their homes, it is hard to sympathize with a professional athlete making multi-millions of dollars to play a game.
Owners are proposing a "Flex Cap," where a $62 million cap would be in place and teams would be forced to pay a sum if they exceed it. A minimum and maximum amount would be put on both ends of the proposed "Flex Cap." Players are still calling it a "Hard Cap," since there is a specified amount that cannot be exceeded.
It doesn't matter what kind of cap the proposed deal is going to be called. What matters is the percentage of basketball related revenue goes to each side.
Only die-hard fans seem to care about the lockout, and even they are getting turned off by the reluctance to compromise. Isn't that how deals are made?
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