Denversooner nailed it - Players League

[bocabull]

Just heard breaking news that the Billy Hunter said the players could form their own league. Said they couldn't play at pro arenas but they could use college arenas. Said they would just need a TV network to step up who wasn't afraid of crossing the NBA.

If you took the top 120 players and formed 12 teams imagine the caliber of play. They should start forming rosters and negotiating arena deals and a network deal.

Denversooners crystal ball was right. They are more than calling Stern bluff going to be funny watching the owners cave.

 

[Tydude]

that will be sweet a players league for the season

 

[bocabull]

Let's say Kevin Durant & Westbrook led the Oklahoma Lightening and they played in Tulsa at the BOK Center And the games were shown on netflix. Who wouldn't watch?

Exactly what value do Clay Bennett & Aubrey McClendon add to Durant & Westbrook other than sucking money from the city of OKC in tax breaks?

 

[bocabull]

How much could Kobe & Blake Griffin charge for tickets at Pauley Pavilion to watch the Los Angeles Stars?

 

[CoachTalk]

WILL Never happen!

 

[badger]

I like this idea a lot better than the one where they dismantle the union and we have to hear about lawsuits on Sportscenter for the next year.

Which network would be willing to step up and pizz off major league sports though? I didn't just say "NBA" there, because crossing one pro league in the players' favor might have a negative impact on their relationships with other sports leagues.

My guess: Versus.

 

[bocabull]

How much could Kobe & Blake Griffin charge for tickets at Pauley Pavilion to watch the Los Angeles Stars?

Better yet. The ultimate stroke of PR genius would be the players saying we are going to stay at 57%. Instead of the owners getting 43%, we are cutting ticket prices by 43% and passing those savings on to the fans.

How fast would public opinion swing in their favor?

 

[WTSooner]

WILL Never happen!

This.

And would I watch a 12 team league full of stars, that would resemble an NBA All-Star game? Highly unlikely.

 

[hoopsaustin]

This.

And would I watch a 12 team league full of stars, that would resemble an NBA All-Star game? Highly unlikely.

ding ding ding.. who watches the all star game? or the pro bowl in the nfl? i hope the NBA lockout is all year. give college ball more of a platform

 

[thebigabd]

I just can't see a bunch of idiots running a league... maybe if some other organization came in and ran the thing it would seem more possible, but I dont think the players and their union could run it.

 

[BoulderSooner]

non of the player have close to enough capial to run a leage or a team ..

team doctors trainers coaches .. that all takes lots lots of capital ..

 

[boksooner]

I just can't see a bunch of idiots running a league... maybe if some other organization came in and ran the thing it would seem more possible, but I dont think the players and their union could run it.

Have the agents, business managers and former players that have been successful in business run the league.

 

[thebigabd]

Have the agents, business managers and former players that have been successful in business run the league.

They need money to do that... the players arent going to put up a dime of their own money for anything. These are the same people refusing millions, lol.

 

[boksooner]

They need money to do that... the players arent going to put up a dime of their own money for anything. These are the same people refusing millions, lol.

There was already a Grantland article that covered this, but we can rehash it. You get some guys that have been frozen out by the other owners. You can't tell me that Larry Ellison wouldn't pony up some cash, just to spite the NBA. I bet he can get some of his Silicon Valley cronies to go in with him. I can see Zuckerburg sponsoring the Palo Alto Facebookers.

 

[bocabull]

Curious where the mindless opposition to unions come from.

I doubt people mind their overtime pay, paid vacation days, paid holidays, weekends off, health benefits, retirement benefits, etc all of which are the product of collective bargaining.

 

[WTSooner]

Curious where the mindless opposition to unions come from.

I doubt people mind their overtime pay, paid vacation days, paid holidays, weekends off, health benefits, retirement benefits, etc all of which are the product of collective bargaining.

People as in whom, exactly?

Because I'm guessing 90% of the members of this board don't belong to a union.

 

[bocabull]

That's right. The benefits that unions have fought for over the past century are enjoyed by all non union employees too. So maybe instead of the mindless naive anti union rhetoric people can pull their head out and realize unions have been a great asset to the USA. Way more good than bad and it's not even close.

By the way I have never been a member of a union. But any thoughtful unbiased objective person understands that collective bargaining works and without it exploitation is guaranteed.

 

[CMSOONER]

I just can't see a bunch of idiots running a league... maybe if some other organization came in and ran the thing it would seem more possible, but I dont think the players and their union could run it.

What you couldn't see Derek Fisher running the league? :ez-laugh:

 

[WTSooner]

That's right. The benefits that unions have fought for over the past century are enjoyed by all non union employees too. So maybe instead of the mindless naive anti union rhetoric people can pull their head out and realize unions have been a great asset to the USA. Way more good than bad and it's not even close.

By the way I have never been a member of a union. But any thoughtful unbiased objective person understands that collective bargaining works and without it exploitation is guaranteed.

I don't see it that way at all. Unions didn't invent all of those employee benefits, if any of them. Really, you listed "weekends off" as a union thing? Sheesh.

Union workers have it WAY better than most normal workers. THAT is my problem with unions. They probably did work at one time, but I don't know of a single person not in a union that thinks they benefit society today.

 

[zeptrey]

To me the biggest thing is...what makes any of you think that any one of those 12 teams would be in Oklahoma...my guess is none.