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Exposed the alliance will stand within 48 hours, or indefinitely postponed the season announced

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Oct 25 2011

NBA lockout threatens to run to the first five months, while employers and employees is still almost no progress in a number of lengthy negotiations after the two sides only in some small issues to reach a consensus on, and the most important basketball-related income divided, labor system, and other issues are still there are distinct differences.

Because the impact of downtime, NBA has canceled the game two weeks before the new season, now looks very likely there are many more games will be canceled. According to CBS Sports’s leading experts Ken – Berg said the alliance within the next 48 hours is likely to announce the relevant notice.

“Very likely the next release NBA announcement will be the season ‘indefinitely’ postponed the opening or the new season to play ‘pending further notice’,” Berg said on his personal Twitter.

“The problem is, NBA players union between the Union and the possibility of publishing this notice, before the re-negotiation, agreement or before it?”

“According to the insider said today, the development of any plans yet.”

NBC Sports commented that since the negotiations between employers and employees on Thursday, the Federal Arbitration Commission in charge of the General Assembly under the coordination of Cohen still not made after the harvest, more games have been canceled only a question of time.

There are a lot of media speculation before that the NBA will take two weeks following the cancellation of units of way, but now it seems, Berg exposed material is reasonable, since everything is still not resolved, then the season delayed indefinitely argument is clearly more accurate, but also more flexible.

After negotiations failed last week, “The New York Times” revealed that both employers and employees in an informal conference call over the weekend, then next week will be re-negotiations. Now the two sides have conducted a telephone conference is not yet known, the negotiations last week is not recommended because the Federal Arbitration Commission to disclose inside information to the public, so basically there is no concrete news updates.

NBC Sports, said the time may be negotiated on the weekend, although nothing has been finalized.

But this news has not let people feel the excitement, or cheer, especially in the stick has been reported in the U.S. media have stalled progress, they clearly felt on this fiddle quite tired. NBC Sports mocking said, even this weekend to conduct negotiations between employers and employees, then the whole process is the same, the first time to arrange talks, followed by nausea, collapse, according to people’s way, and then in front of a large number of media slander each other, followed each other on the cool a few days, and finally back together again to continue negotiations. The fans in frustration and disgust only to continue to wait for the final result.

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Senior expert exposure stop coming to an end before the labor agreement will be reached Tuesday

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Sep 30 2011

NBA lockout has lasted three months, the Alliance has already announced the cancellation of the new season the first week of training camp and preseason. Now, the negotiations between employers and employees to the most critical moment. U.S. time this weekend, negotiations will continue, the result is likely to directly determine whether the new season will be canceled.

In the last three months of shut down the process, most people are not shut down the end of the optimistic view holds that only a small number of U.S. experts still maintain a positive view that both sides can reach an agreement, the new season will end on time start. In the minority, the former ESPN’s senior expert – Chris Sheridan is a member.

Today, Sheridan ESPN interview by expressing his latest views on the current shut down, he said that if next Tuesday (U.S. time) the players and owners still did not reach consensus on a new labor agreement, he will be very surprised.

Sheridan’s implication is that employers and employees on Tuesday that he will be settled before the new agreement will be released. Sheridan also made ​​a number of reliable viewpoint, he said, both sides of the basketball stakeholders into this part of the final will be close to a 50% to 50% ratio, and prior to this point most people are similar.

But Sheridan is expected to be divided into bosses on this issue will further ask, ask for the specific process in a dispute arising vary, all look to NBA Commissioner David – Stern’s ability to boss the camp the hardline diehards who softened, so that they continue to bid to stop the behavior, and thus reach an agreement.

Currently both parties are aware of time, beginning from the new season has not had much time for them to waste. Chairman Fisher said the players union, as soon as possible if both sides do not find a unified solution, then with the regular season drew to a close, everything is more dangerous.

Only one in NBA history, there had to cancel part of the regular season, the case is shut down in 1998. At that time debate between employers and employees a total of six months, resulting in 82 regular-season games were canceled 32 games, the season has shrunk to 50 games.

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Employers suggested only 46% of the players into the union gratified descending six-year income

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Sep 28 2011

NBA lockout has entered a more important moment in recent days, both parties are in the start of talks, in order to be able to stop advancing toward the positive side.

Fisher released to the players a second open letter, which talked about two aspects of battle, one that employers exist within the division, a large part of the boss and do not want to run a hard salary cap in the entire season canceled; 2 in fact have revealed that the first letter, Fisher stressed to the players, regardless of how your broker told you, I and Hunter will not you put a bad new labor agreement.

“Eventually we will get right to speak and control,” Fisher wrote in the letter, “All of us at the negotiating table the personnel involved in the negotiations, we will not take any situation you go through the consent of any agreement, Whether good or bad, though you hear some comments, but we do not sell that right to you, or harm to you. ”

A source said, and now is beginning to pressure the brokers, who have been holding the attitude of the players union dissolution agent began to tell their players, Hunter and Fisher refused by the representatives of any failure to meet the needs of their collective bargaining agreement.

Another two insider also revealed that employers in the last week the latest labor program, employers require basketball-related income into this one, the players can only get 46%, in accordance with the previous labor agreement, players enjoy a return rate of 57%, and there exist as many as 11% of the gap.

The players union is the latest requirements of the program given the players agree to salary freeze growth in 2011-12, the season’s $ 2.17 billion more than the standard, but not less than this figure. Then in the future a six-year labor agreement, players in the first year of basketball-related income is divided into more than 54% down. Hunter has previously expressed its willingness to continue to discuss this issue further divided into concessions, David – Stern has described this attitude of his negotiation of labor agreements on sharing in the economy “tends” to agree.

Based on this calculation, the two sides in the six-year period where there is a $ 1.9 billion gap, which appears to be quite ordinary huge differences. However, according to informed sources, this is Hunter insisted last week that could happen, he believes it is make both sides began to cut into the topic of real starting point.

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The absence of internal meetings labor Bryant, the player: does not matter whether they

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Sep 19 2011

NBA lockout has lasted 82 days, and now the players are united within the still hard to say. Because brokers have advocated dissolution of the union, so now Billy – Hunter and Fisher is facing great pressure.

Recently in Las Vegas, the players union and some players had talks, but only 30-35 players who arrived at the scene, and are not big players, Fisher has not expressed disappointment afterwards, he still believes the players are now very uniform.

“The object of the meeting in Las Vegas are basically playing league player,” Fisher said, “For this number of participants, we did not feel any disappointment … we got more than 90% attendance Number (means in Las Vegas), players have the awareness, although more than 400 players can not come, but they are understanding the process, not ignorant. ”

To participate in these players, not like Kobe Bryant, LeBron, Wade, Anthony, Blake – Griffin, Chris – Paul Pierce had expected to attend, the result did not participate. Instead, like the scene of players, including Ryan – Gomez, Tony – Allen, Dudley, Stephen – Curry, DeRozan, Jermaine O’Neal.

“Those players are not coming back, it seems there will be any different? I do not think so,” Gomez said, “They are a great brand of players, this is true, but I do not think people see them participate in the meeting, they would think ‘Kobe Bryant attended the meeting, and LeBron also appeared at the meeting, so any significant positive to happen.’ I do not know that people would not think so. ”

“Personally, I do not think this is what can produce a significant role, when we are in the most critical moment, perhaps so that there is some truth.”

NBA players union also accepted the NFL players union president de Maurice – Smith’s opinion, NFL players shut down because of the loss of some training camp time, but their new season this month in a timely manner to restore.

Smith said that the NBA players, solidarity is a major key, instead of to the dissolution of the players union.

“This is a very difficult situation, our players respected their agent,” Fisher said, “They are very close together, cooperation, relations are close, the agent who was negotiating for the players to their contract, so the players will very seriously consider their views. ”

“For the players, regardless of whether your broker to exert pressure on you, your family to put pressure on you, your financial position to exert pressure on you, we are in the same boat, can help everyone out of this situation the best way is to let all the players are united. “

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