sports hollistos world 
 it finally happened nba commissioner david stern announced cancellation weeks nba 2011 2012 season monday confirmed fears professional basketball long period time

going year basketball worst nightmares i self impose cup handicap pong games suffer year high flying acrobatics dwight howard lebron james chris paul unfortunately labor talks nba players’ union nba owners unproductive refuses seek compromise months heated negotiations progress popular belief owning professional basketball team necessarily lucrative business owners claim nba’s 30 teams lose combined $300 million season players’ union representatives dispute exact magnitude loss financial instability nba known fact

in 2011 forbes reported hometown team orlando magic operational income $231 million magic major professional sports team central florida owner brand new state art arena employer dwight howard dominant center league despite positives forbes 11th ranked net worth $385 million team turn profit fundamentally flawed needs entirely revamped order guarantee sustainability nba players receive 57 percent basketball related income bri mind number includes transaction relates basketball — just ticket sales add money generated tv contracts merchandise basketball teams generate lot cash

one percent bri estimated equal $40 million major market teams new york knicks generate considerably money smaller market teams math players percentage points order league break owners asking players concede seven bri points change revenue sharing equal 50 50 players accept deal lowers share 53 i’m sports journalist businessman i hard support players’ union lockout sides want multiple changes nba business structure bri ratio far topic debate earning profit primary objective business owner i can’t imagine right minded individual agreeing deal does improve chance making profit

i know lot money riding end result negotiations logic trump personal motivation greed let’s honest professional basketball players make significantly money average joe 7 percent recution lebron james’ contract cause lose $6 million years adjusted earnings $102 million years considerably money i players fans enjoy season basketball maximum contract length needs shortened salary cap firm players smaller share income nba owners general managers notorious paying bad players money hello elton brand bad sink entire franchise years suggested changes management protected chance bad crippling successful team minimized successful teams generally profitable teams progressive labor negotiations create stable competitive nba

