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NBA Players reject offer, season in jeopardy
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November 15, 2011, Tuesday
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NATIONAL Basketball Association players rejected the league's latest contract offer yesterday and will disband as a union, a move that could wipe out the entire NBA season with the sides taking their labor dispute into the court of law.
The National Basketball Players Association said it would no longer continue in collective bargaining and will become a trade association in order to pursue legal action against the NBA, with the entire 2011-12 season hanging in the balance.
"We have arrived at the conclusion that the collective bargaining process has completely broken down," NBPA executive director Billy Hunter said at a news conference in New York.
The NBA has already canceled the first month of a regular season that was scheduled to begin two weeks ago and offered no assurance that further cuts can be avoided.
"There will ultimately be a new collective bargaining agreement, but the 2011-12 season is now in jeopardy," Stern said in a statement.
The NBA, which claims it lost US$300 million last season with 22 of its 30 teams in the red, locked out its players on July 1 given a disagreement over two major issues -- the division of basketball-related income and salary cap structure.
The latest offer by the NBA called for a 50-50 split of basketball related income between the owners and players and would have provided for a 72-game season to start on December 15.
Players, who received 57 percent of basketball income in the previous contract, also are at odds with the owners over rules governing contracts and free agency.
The National Basketball Players Association said it would no longer continue in collective bargaining and will become a trade association in order to pursue legal action against the NBA, with the entire 2011-12 season hanging in the balance.
"We have arrived at the conclusion that the collective bargaining process has completely broken down," NBPA executive director Billy Hunter said at a news conference in New York.
The NBA has already canceled the first month of a regular season that was scheduled to begin two weeks ago and offered no assurance that further cuts can be avoided.
"There will ultimately be a new collective bargaining agreement, but the 2011-12 season is now in jeopardy," Stern said in a statement.
The NBA, which claims it lost US$300 million last season with 22 of its 30 teams in the red, locked out its players on July 1 given a disagreement over two major issues -- the division of basketball-related income and salary cap structure.
The latest offer by the NBA called for a 50-50 split of basketball related income between the owners and players and would have provided for a 72-game season to start on December 15.
Players, who received 57 percent of basketball income in the previous contract, also are at odds with the owners over rules governing contracts and free agency.
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