The NBA collective bargaining agreement expires after this season, and the league and the players' association are negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement, but the signing date has been delayed, which has also led fans and the media to speculate that there may be a big gap between the negotiating parties, and if they cannot reach a bargain and are unwilling to compromise, they may face the danger of shutdown.
While it's not known what the focus of the dispute is, Shams reports that four of the points were the focus of discussion between the two sides, while the third has been explicitly rejected by the players' union.
First, the two sides will discuss whether to lower the draft age from 19 to 18, so that it can clear the way for high school students who want to enter the league, and even more so that they can enter the league and accept high-level competition earlier.
Second, discuss new mental health reports that allow players to classify mental health issues as injuries on an equal footing with physical injuries. If this deal passes, it will also make history in American professional sports, but in the future, there may be more things like Simmons.
Third, introduce stricter luxury tax penalties and consider introducing a hard payroll cap system to replace the current luxury tax system. However, the proposal was explicitly opposed by the players' union, and there seemed to be no room for negotiation. Player salaries have skyrocketed in recent years, and teams with big markets and well-funded bosses are also easy to attract stars, which makes it very difficult for other teams.
Fourth, discuss the civility of players and fans. It is estimated that there may be regulations on civilization, which should make the NBA league more civilized.
There have been 6 shutdowns in the history of the league. The 204-day shutdown in 1998 was the longest in history, with players losing $600 million and teams $1 billion. The most recent was in 2011, more than 10 years ago, and now Xiao Hua has made major reforms to many regulations of the alliance after taking office, and he has the support of most bosses, if he is still strongly biased towards the alliance this time, it is likely to bring the negotiations to an impasse, then the shutdown is not impossible, but the shutdown is for both sides. These are huge losses, and I believe that no one on either side will want to see this happen.
According to Stein, "There will be a shutdown before the hard cap arrives. "The hard cap is probably the most important point of contention in this negotiation, and once implemented, the biggest team will be the big tax payers like the Warriors and Clippers, and it will be a limit on the income of players, so it is unlikely that the player association will compromise."
Finally, the two sides reportedly discussed the draft. Introduce certain rules to limit a team's inability to get the top three picks for three consecutive years, so as to reduce the rot and increase the competitiveness of the team. If this rule passes, then the biggest victim will be the Rockets, and Xiao Hua has also publicly stated that he dislikes the Rockets' rot, and this time he is also one of the supporters of this rule.
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