Tom's idea NBA cap

[kevin.lok@lycosmail.com]

Hi Tom,

Good idea on the NBA cap/salary structure(sorry for this late reply, I am the digest version) . A few CONSTRUCTIVE questions:

a) What happends when salary cap goes down (due to falling ratings/popularity/revenue of NBA)?
b) Will contracts still be gauranteed? ( I vote for no)
c) How does Rookie salary rank? 12 th man scale?

If I may mentioned a bit about the NFL, I think they have progressed nicely on their salary cap/ CBA things.
A good example would be Neil O'Donnell/Vinny Testeverde situation. The benefits I see were:

a) The Jets were able to off load a non-performing huge contract player (O'Donnell)
b) The Jets were able to reload with better player (Testeverde - at least in Parcell's view)
c) O'Donnell is still able to find work (with the Bengals) at more or less the same salary.

The most important thing I feel is:

Teams were not hand-tied (with gauranteed contracts), therefore , are able to improve by discarding non-performing players.  (I also think this is a good way to keep players motivated , and to earn their salaries)

Can the NBA do that with Minor, Pervis, Yinka Dare, etc??? I like to see the NBA's CBA negotiations headed this direction. They should make adjustmemnts following some of the NFL's ideas.

Does anybody know how I can get to see the full CBA (of NBA and NFL) on the internet?

Cheers
Kevin/Singapore
P.S. : Opera 3.21 is the fastest brower I've tried, they're really good.



Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 09:00:25 -0400
From: Tom Bisson <tbisson@doe.state.vt.us>
Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V5 #251


<The NBA Salary Ladder

<In order to ensure labor peace and league prosperity while providing
<teams an opporutnity to make a good profit and players the opportunity
<to make market-level salaries, the following "salary ladder" shall be
<implemented by all NBA franchises. Each franchise shall designate the
<ladder rung (and thus salary) for each player. Contracts negotiated by
<teams and players shall stipulate which ladder rung the player shall
<occupy and for how many seasons.

<Ladder Rung and Corresponding Annual Salary

<Number 1 Player = $10m
<Number 2 Player = $7m
<Number 3 Player = $5m
<Number 4 Player = $3m
<Number 5 Player = $1m
<- -----------------------
<Number 6 Player = $900k
<Number 7 Player = $850k
<Number 8 Player = $750k
<Number 9 Player = $700k
<Number 10 Player = $650k
<Number 11 Player = $600k
<Number 12 Player (and all others) $550k

<Total Team Salary: $31.8m

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