NBA LOCKOUT @ 12:01AM FRIDAY......What is FLEX CAP?....How bout Competitiveness vs Profitablity......REVENUE SHARING Maybe the Problem

NBA Commissioner David STERN knew it was coming.....Deputy NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Knew it.......NBA Players Association Prez Billy HUNTER Knew this day was coming as did the NBA Owners and Players..........The LOCKOUT is COMING!....The LOCKOUT is COMING!.......and Dammit we are here.

At 12:01 ET tonight the NBA Players shut their Doors to the PLAYERS in what was to be expected. Both sides Today tried a last ditch effort to no avail and HOUSTON....WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

Now one may ask what are the Bigger issues in getting a deal hammered out....well the BLUEDUDE has come up with a Few Problem Areas that need to be worked and one HUGE AREA that another SPORTS is using and it's helped them in a HUGE WAY.

OWNERS and PLAYERS Issues:

FLEX CAP: The NBA Owners want to impose this on the PLAYERS and really it is a HIDDEN HARD CAP because the FLEX CAP has a CEILING it's not unlimited.

The so called FLEX CAP would be bracketed by a Minimum and Maximum that both sides have yet to agree on. The Salary CAP was to be set at $62 Million this upcoming season as the Salary CAP last Season was a little over $57 million. The Only Difference between the New CAP vs the Old CAP is that the FLEX CAP a team can't go over the MAXIMUM Amount.......IE........a HARD CAP better known as the FLEX CAP.

The National Hockey League agreed to this and it was the worse deal ever signed by any PLAYERS Association in the History of Professional SPORTS.

Teams also want a 2-3 Year Deals instead of the 5-6 Years where teams are getting BURNED by so much EXPENSIVE DEAD WEIGHT.......and the BLUEDUDE totally agrees on this. This way Teams that have GUYS not performing up to their respective Contracs can easily be bought out or even terminated in a sense.

Looking even closer is it the COMPETITIVENESS or PROFITABILITY Teams are worrying about? I would be more worried about the PROFITABILITY in this case because it has been reported that 22 of 30 NBA TEAMS allegedly are losing money.

But has anyone said LET'S do some REVENUE SHARING like the NFL........WOW.........BLUEDUDE......REVENUE SHARING......there is an IDEA that maybe we can run with so that the BULLS, LAKESHOW, GREEN TEAM, and KNICKERBOCKERS can freely spend to stay COMPETITIVE and and those teams ALWAYS Profit because of their respective MARKETS.

I think if the NBA went to REVENUE SHARING it would knockout a whole lot of BIRDS with ONE STONE. It fixed the NFL and now the SMALL MARKET TEAMS are not left out in the DARK and can also get into Free AGENT Spending as well.

Only Problem is these NIG MARKET TEAMS know that their ADVANTAGE is their MARKETS so to convince the BIG MARKET TEAMS in the NBA to SHARE REVENUE is easier said than Done.

And you want to know how bad the NBA Lockout is this time.........NBA COMMISH David STERN was quoted as saying, "we're not closer (than at the same time in '99). In fact, it worries me that we're not CLOSER". This spells a larger problem than once thought of.

LOOK.......Forget all the NONSENSE........it has to be the NFL MODEL of REVENUE SHARING or BUST.......and Both sides have to be willing to BEND but not BREAK.

STERN was also quoted as saying," In my YEARS as COMMISH the LEAGUE Salaries have gone from $250K on Avg. to $5M on Avg"........BLUEDUDE your turn............and MR. STERN in REAL TALK in REAL LIFE........the WAGES of the AVERAGE JOB in this COUNTRY is plummeting why the COST OF LIVING is STEADY going UP.......There is NO CRYING BETWEEN 94 FEET by 50 feet........END to END......SIDELINE to SIDELINE.

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