Re: Owners vs. GMs?

[DJessen33@aol.com]

This some of most stupid agent/labor union spin(propaganda) I have ever seen.
The super agents must really be getting desperate...

DJessen33


In a message dated 11/7/98 10:53:35 AM Central Standard Time,
damekmo@teleport.com writes:

> Two items which I thought were interesting. The first from:
>  
>  http://www.sjmercury.com/sports/warriors/docs/nbareport.htm
>  
>  Dated Nov. 2
>  
>  >"THE PLAYERS aren't the only ones leery of owners' proposals. NBA general
>  >managers are worried new rules designed to keep salaries in check would
>  >restrict their ability to make trades, which would hurt the popularity of
>  >the game. ">
>  >Owners' proposal could handcuff general managers.
>  >``You've got to give your fans a reason to hope things will get better,''
>  >one general manager said. ``You've got to give them a chance to make up
>  >for past mistakes. Those guys in New York, they don't understand what we
>  >do for a living.''
> 
>  >   The concerns stem from provisions in the NBA's Sept.24 proposal, a
>  >17-page document that was the last formal offer by the owners.
> 
>  >   The league wants to eliminate ``sign-and-trade'' transactions, in which
>  >a club can re-sign its free agent then ship him to another team. It also
>  >wants to eliminate 3-for-1 and 4-for-2 trades.
> 
>  >In perhaps the most stifling restriction, the league wants to ``prohibit
>  >the trade of any player subsequent to the trade deadline in the
>  >next-to-last season of his contract unless the player and acquiring team
>  >agree that the player will not be a Bird or Early Bird player at the
>  >conclusion of his contract.''
> 
>  >That means a player will have to renounce his free-agent status (the
>  >so-called Larry Bird exception) to OK a deal, and that would never
>  >happen.
> 
>  >In other words, the lower-echelon franchises would be forced to either pay
>  >their free agents what they want or let them leave without
>  >compensation.
> 
>  >Part of the allure of sports is that fans can play general manager and
>  >talk about trades they would like to see. Some of these proposals make it
>  >hard for the real general managers to get on the phone with their
>  >colleagues.
> 
>  >Why would NBA negotiators sabotage the game? Money, of course. NBA bean
>  >counters are trying to do everything within their power to prevent
>  >salaries from escalating, and a major ticket to higher salaries is for a
>  >cash-strapped team to trade a player it doesn't think it can afford to a
>  >team that clearly can afford him.
> 
>  >It might make sense in terms of crunching the numbers, but ultimately it's
>  >bad business.
> 
>  
>  And this from: espnet.sportszone.com/nba/news/1998/981106/00920580.html
>  
>  Billy Hunter speaking about management talking to the players:
>  
>  >Hunter said he intends to turn management's tactic around on the
>  >owners.
> 
>  >"I am going to send our proposal with a full explanation to
>  >every GM and we'll send their proposal along so they can compare
>  >the two," he said.
> 
>  
>  Paul M.