2 weeks wtf?
2 weeks, WTF? how many jobs are going to be lost, how many lost wages, how many lost games??? these ballers are part of the 1%, right up there with wall streeters and bankers. the 99% are the people who watch the games and provide the impetus for advertising that brings in $$ for tv and radio and satellite that goes to the owners and players.
i reiterate, i do not agree that the players should make more than the owners, in what industry in the world does this occur, where the hired hands demand to make the same money as the owners? WTF?
i blame the union, and i especially blame the agents who do next to nothing but negotiate and make millions upon millions of dollars, change the landscape of teams so them and their players can make a little more, destroy team cohesion and city unification. WTF?
when the damn MTA in New York went on strike so they could make more money and get more benefits from an already attractive package, they put millions of commuters into chaos. i was so pissed it took me so long to commute, hitch rides, walking across bridges, just to get to my stinking 9-5 job. damn greediness causing millions to suffer. WTF?
is this any different? basketball players and agents already make too much money. James Dolan raised the bar on salaries when he gave Allan Houston (we have a problem) 100MillionDollars!! that became the status quo, and it has gone beyond ridiculous. ticket prices have soared, cable companies asking for more money... the consumer pays the price, the consumer loses basketball, the consumer loses jobs and money to pay the bills. all because a few hundred athletes demand to make millions more than they are already making? WTF?
Most of the teams in the NBA are NOT making a profit, yet the players continue to be paid the highest salaries in the world.
David Stern needs to make it happen, he's obviously a shill for the owners, he needs to get off his fat ass, crack that whip on both sides and bring back basketball asap!
WTF?