Re: Good!

[bocelts@scsn.net (R. Bentz Kirby)]

I don't know if it does any good to hate the agents, but your analysis is
accurate.  I questioned this fact a week or so ago.  It seems that the Union
is acting at Falk's direction and in the ultimate interest of the "big" name
players. And why, cause the agent has to have his cut you know.

The thing that really bothers me is the lack of reason on the players side.
There bluster and that of Hunter is all about "the owners are insulting us"
and "we are not going to roll over and play dead."  Rather than on the real
issues.  It is total "pride" and not reality driven.  Look at the salaries,
the cut of revenue, etc.  Why not figure out a good deal for the players
instead of saying we want 60+% of the revenue?  Why are the players entitled
to that?  What economic risk are they taking?  If they get that shouldn't
the owners stop paying for hotels, transportation, meals etc.?  Exactly what
risks are the players willing to take.  Do they want to tie their salary to
performance, the team's performance?  What is the deal here?  The players
are concerned more about being dissed than whether or not they have a
reasonable cbagreement.

Jim Meninno wrote:

> It seems to me the "lockout" is more a result of Falk already having
> been crowned "king rat" and installing his clients at the head of the
> union.  Let's face it, you don't end up disgruntled when you're making
> twenty million dollars a year unless someone is egging you on.  Falk and
> other agents see that every dollar in the owners' pockets is four cents
> out of theirs.  And those four cents add up.  Their only interest is to
> absolutely maximize player salaries because that is what their commision
> is based on.  They seem to think that they can be as greedy as they want
> and the league will continue to prosper.  I hope they are wrong.  Or
> maybe they just want to make as much as they can now because they expect
> it all to end one day.  Either way, I think they are the most
> destructive force in sports and I truly hate them.
>
> Jim
>
> >Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 23:28:02 -0500
> >To: celtics@igtc.com
> >From: Kim Malo <kmalo19@idt.net>
> >Subject: Re: Good!
> >
> >At 10:46 PM 11/3/98 -0500, hartleyo@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >>Don't you think this strike is strictly an effort to make Falk "King
> >>Rat". All of the outspoken players are Falk's lackey's.
> >>What do you think?
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>Hart
> >
> >It's not a strike, it's a lockout by the owners, who have no interest
> in
> >coronating Falk. No.
> >
> >-Kim
> >Kim Malo
> >kmalo19@idt.net
> >
>
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