Re: Owners now the problem?

["Jim Meninno" <jim_meninno@hotmail.com>]

Point taken.  I was unaware that there was a seperate rule for second 
year rookies.  I thought that they were simply eligible for the LBE.  In 
practice, I don't see what the difference is.

Jim

>Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 18:48:30 -0500
>To: celtics@igtc.com
>From: Kim Malo <kmalo19@idt.net>
>Subject: Re: Owners now the problem?

>>You make a distinction between Bird Exception players and second 
>>year extensions.  The problem is that it is exactly those players 
>>who are being given the Bird Exception.
>
>*I* don't make a distinction, they are in fact two different things. 
>How can you tell -wipe out one and the other still exists. The Bird 
>Exemption goes back to the 80s and only applies to vets with at 
>least 3 years gone on a given contract. The rookie extension comes 
>from the last CBA and applies to second year rookies.
>Two different situations, two different groups of players.
><snip>
>
>-Kim
>Kim Malo
>kmalo19@idt.net
>


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