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Again....very nice young men and it's too bad they can't sit down and work
out their differences.

>> Now, while the union prepares a response to be delivered tomorrow,
>>here's the flip side:<p>

>>"They're back to their tactics of 1995, and it's not going to work,"
>>agent Marc Fleisher said. "We're on the same side with the union, and we
>>support Billy 100 percent.
>>
>>The league is expressing frustration, but they shouldn't be looking at us.<p>
>>
>> "I can only assume that the commissioner is referring to Falk. I'm not
>>aware of any other agents self-announcing anything. But it's not just
>>high-end agents who don't like the league's offer. I don't represent
>>superstars, but this deal doesn't just hurt high-end guys, it hurts
>>everybody. It's really a hard cap.<p>
>>
>> "I mean, with what they're offering, why do you need agents? It's slotting
>>of salaries!
>>. Stern's charity is disingenuous. The union has given one thing after
>>another and gotten nothing in return. We've given up a fourth year for
>>rookies, a right of first refusal on the rookies, a cap credit to provide
>>the owners with the cost certainty they want, a decrease in year-to-year
>>contract increases from 20 percent to 10 percent, a reduction in the
>>maximum length of contracts from seven years to six, a luxury tax.
>> "So now Stern wants to be a pig, asking for more. Why not accept the
>>home run he wants rather than go for the grand slam? Each thing Billy has
>>offered should have been enough to make a deal. Anybody who thinks Stern
>>has negotiated in good faith is absolutely wrong. He hasn't given
>>anything we've asked for. It's a joke. That he would increase the
>>minimum? Give me one contract ever where the minimum wasn't increased.<p>