Re: The whole truth

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.andara.com>]

What players are not being paid?  Are there some who are working for free?
Are the elite players concerned with what Bruce Bowen is doing to make ends
meet?  Nobody is saying it is not okay to have other income avenues.  But
they are in position to earn that income because of their basketball ability
which is showcased in the NBA.  Why should the owners show the revenue
statements simply because the players want them to?

The truth is that the players are employees being more than fairly
compensated for their talent in most cases.  There are players who are
coming forward to state that they are very well taken care of as a member of
this league also.  If you think the players are not being fairly
compensated, I suggest you take a look at Patricia's list.

http://www.dfw.net/~patricia/index.html

I think if the owners captiulate to the whims of the players, they will be
right back in the same situation in a few short years with a demand to make
a minimum of 60% of the profits.  If the players want to make that
percentage of the money, why not just retire and invest in a team?

Cecil


-----Original Message-----
From: Gregory Hurst <gh18@juno.com>
To: cecil@hfx.andara.com <cecil@hfx.andara.com>
Cc: celtics@igtc.com <celtics@igtc.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: The whole truth


>The owners are also making a great living.  Cecil and Bentz, I think it
>is o'k to have a part time job with commercials and sneaker deals.
>Remember this is not college. Why are the owners failing to show the
>revenue statements?   Pay the players and get the season
>started!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
>Greg
>gh18@juno.com
>
>>
>>**Seems to me that the players are making a great living as it is.  So
>>much
>>so that they are in positions to make millions from other avenues such
>>as
>>commercials and sneaker deals etc.  If you are hinting that they
>>players
>>deserve to be paid according to what the owners make, I think you are
>>way
>>off base.  The owners are in the business to make money since they are
>>the
>>ones who accept the risk that their team could very well lose money
>>with the
>>onset of any season.  If you mean that Kevin Garnettesque contracts
>>should
>>be doled out because the union wants them to be, then I hope you like
>>watching hockey, the CBA and the NCAA.
>>
>>
>>Cecil
>>
>>
>>
>
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