I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 385 The resolution of the lockout (fourth more)
"In 1890, the U.S. Congress passed the "Sherman Antitrust Act," regulating and sanctioning industrial monopoly behavior, which shows that sometimes monopoly is not a good thing."

"The ABA annexed by the NBA in the 70s learned the ABA's three-pointers and introduced talented players like Julius Erving, bringing the NBA to life in the 80s."

"Now everyone is getting bigger and bigger, the market value has reached hundreds of millions of dollars, TV broadcasting contracts are worth billions, and the wages of players are getting higher and higher, which can easily reach hundreds of millions. No wonder they are getting more and more greedy."

"Isn't the league now divided into east and west? The west is thriving, but the east is always losing money. I think it's better to split the NBA. The west belongs to the west, and the east belongs to the east. Each has its own salary system and game rules. See Who can attract superstars. Then every year, like the NFL, hold a world super championship game, to decide the winner, what do you think?"

Facing Stern's sinister eyes, Min Congda not only showed no fear, but also began to speak nonsense.

After the words were finished, the expressions of the bosses changed again and again, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

Stern said: "Smart, let me ask you, you mean you want to start a new NBA? Why don't you discuss with Sterling and ask the Clippers to withdraw from the league first?"

Hearing what Stern said, Min Congda not only didn't panic, but was very happy.

Out of the league?Does this count as completing the task?

If it can be completed, then take advantage of the trend to exit, and the mission is over!

As a result, the system gave a prompt: [Withdrawing from the NBA league cannot be regarded as bankruptcy to complete the task. 】

Sure enough, this dog system does not allow me to complete the task so easily.

"Hey, David, I just said it for fun, to ease the atmosphere of the meeting. You see, you just quarreled like that to no avail. I proposed a new plan, but everyone disagreed."

"I'm asking your opinion on the lockout, not asking you to come up with a new plan, the new NBA, you figure out the situation!"

Stern knew that Min Congda was such a virtuous person, but his nonsense this time was really too much.

It's not like no one wants to do such a thing to start a new NBA.

Isiah Thomas once wanted to get a so-called "Continental Basketball League."

I want to do the NBA's secondary league first, and have the opportunity to replace it in the future.

Although Thomas is a famous player in the league and a Pistons legend, he is a bit overwhelmed by the fact that he wants to do this.

But this group of bosses in the NBA is different. If some of them really want to take the team away and start a league alone, it will definitely be a huge survival for the NBA, not to mention a catastrophe. challenge.

What Min Congda said is actually correct, the NBA is in a monopoly position in the United States.

Relying on the siphoning of outstanding basketball talents from all over the United States and the world, the NBA will be built into the most professional, luxurious and entertaining basketball league.

The high income in the NBA circle is based on this kind of talent monopoly, which catches all the outstanding young people.

After sweeping the net, not many people can really stay, one radish and one hole, many people are eliminated.

The eliminated people are indeed not good enough, but are there really only more than 400 basketball players in the world who can play well and earn high salaries?
Assuming that there are multiple basketball leagues in the United States, competing with each other, perhaps 1000 or even more basketball players can survive in high-level leagues.

If there are some small leagues and secondary leagues like in Europe, there will be more people who can play.

It's just that the market is only that big, with more leagues and more players, salaries will be divided up, and the competition for team survival will become more intense.

NBA players are the group with the highest average salary among professional sports players.

Because the circle is small and the number of people is small, the 15th player in a team has a salary of more than 5000 million US dollars.

The NFL football team has more than 50 people, and the MLB has 25 people. This allows both football and baseball to support more players, while the average salary is pulled down.

The monopoly of the NBA allows players to enjoy high salaries, and also allows the team to share in high broadcast revenue, and there is no relegation or relegation, so they can feel at ease.

Once a new league is born, the attention and ratings of bad teams will further decline.

If you want to make money lying down, the alliance's low-interest loans and luxury tax subsidies are impossible.

Then different leagues have different salaries and different contract systems, competing for players and fan resources.

It must be a good thing for the fans, but for the team, the good days of monopoly making money are over.

It's a good thing for the bottom players, but for the superstars, the salary and status will be greatly reduced.

The more leagues, the more teams, the more players, the more difficult it is to create stars. Under fairer rules, some former low-level players also have the opportunity to defeat the so-called superstars.

In short, this is absolutely subversive to the NBA, and it will destroy all the work that David Stern has done in the past 30 years since he took office.

Min Congda said it easily, and Stern was already in two layers of cold sweat.

This dog, I don't know if he is really joking or fake joking.

Min Congda answered Stern's question and said: "As a representative of the Clippers, I was just talking nonsense just now. The opinion of our boss, Mr. Sterling, actually supports the lockout. Although the Clippers have achieved Profit, but if only some teams make profits and most teams lose money, it is definitely not a good thing for the development of the league. If you are a little careless, you may really split into different leagues in the future."

"So, it's better to take this opportunity to bring back the blood of the loss-making team, and don't rush into the new season. Calm down with each other and negotiate a better labor agreement together."

Min Congda's words were fairly pertinent, but they definitely couldn't make a final decision.

Anyway, Min Congda's goal is to stop the game, so that the income of the new season can be reduced.

If the lockout happens and the NBA is killed directly, everyone will be happy.

And whether to approve the lockout is just the first topic of this meeting.

There are still many issues that need to be discussed and decided by the bosses.

This is destined to be a very long marathon meeting, from 02:30 pm to 05:30 pm, with a short break for dinner.

Continued after dinner, from six o'clock to eight o'clock, 30 representatives finally reached a preliminary consensus.

Approve and authorize the Labor Bargaining Committee. Once the labor negotiations on June 6 are unsuccessful, the suspension of the new season will be officially announced!

With this result, the meeting ended, and Min Congda sat on the stool feeling a little exhausted.

He has to admire those team owners who are 50, 60, or even 70 years old.

People who can do this kind of super big boss, among other things, are extremely energetic and in good health.

After the five-hour meeting, it was as if nothing had happened.

Min Congda was already considered a good-looking young man, but compared to these old foxes, he was almost meaningless.

When walking out of the meeting room, Mark Cuban, the host of the meeting, came up and put his arm around Min Congda's shoulders.

Cuban has been proud of himself this season, and finally realized his dream of a championship, sleeping with the O'Brien Cup in his arms.

Cuban also did not support the lockout at this meeting. It was so easy to win a championship, and the flag will be raised in the new season to award the ring.

He put his arms around Min Congda and whispered: "Smart, I think the idea of ​​creating a new NBA is very interesting what you said, should we have a private chat?"

When Min Congda heard it, let's chat, what if something good happens?
"Of course, we can chat."

"No problem, go to my villa later and discuss in detail."

(End of this chapter)