NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Chapter 236 Falk is seeking death! NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement!

By the time Lin Tian and Theron walked out of the room, it was already the next morning.

After discovering that the old man hated Americans, Theron came up with a trick: I am a South African, and I also hate American devils!

As soon as he heard that Theron was not an American, but an African brother, no, an African girl, the old man's attitude immediately changed 180 degrees!

After staying at home for another week, Lin Tianfei left the imperial capital.

After playing around the world with Theron, when the two separated and Lin Tian returned to Indiana alone, there were less than 10 days left before Christmas. In the blink of an eye, it was It's the end of the year.

Lin Tian really took a good vacation this time and relaxed completely.

"Are you going to Los Angeles?" As soon as Lin Tian got into Pelinka's car, Pelinka questioned his soul.

"Why should I go to Los Angeles?" Lin Tian rolled his eyes.

"Okay, don't talk about me, let's talk about the alliance. How was the discussion between the two parties?" Lin Tian waved his hand, too lazy to say more, and quickly changed the subject.

"Not very good, very bad." Pelinka shrugged and said: "Stern has gone crazy. He has repeatedly changed the expected time of his rematch, from September to October, from October to Easter and then again. By Halloween, the closest date was Christmas, but clearly neither employer nor employer were prepared to deal with him.”

"The current situation is that Falk's game in Las Vegas has been decided. It will be on Christmas Eve night. It can be regarded as a Christmas game. Ewing, Oakley, Houston and a bunch of New Yorkers, as well as Falk has a large group of people, and he also gathered this idiot Tailem."

"More than 60 NBA players owned by these two people, 16 of whom have been selected as NBA All-Stars, will attend this game."

"Although the game is titled as a charity match, as long as you are not stupid, you will know that this is an ultimatum to NBA officials and management. As long as the game starts, the two sides will definitely completely collapse and then completely tear themselves apart. As for what happens next How the alliance is going, I don’t know!”

"You really can't guess?" Lin Tian looked at Pelinka. He didn't believe that Pelinka had no idea about the future of the alliance.

"Well, I guess after this game, the bastards in the management will be completely angered, and then they will definitely issue a formal ultimatum, and then they will start to divide the players' union. After all, these NBA stars know how to manage money. There are only a few people, and there are even more people who are short of money!"

"With their income cut off for half a year, many people are already on the verge of bankruptcy. As long as Stern scares them again, negotiations will definitely restart soon, and then the labor side will probably make a lot of concessions. As for Falk."

Pelinka couldn't help laughing when he said this: "When Jordan officially retires, his era will officially end!"

"Now, apart from the old guys in their 30s under Falke, there are only two young people with the potential to become stars, Allen Iverson and Marbury, but the relationship between Marbury and Falke will definitely not Long-term, because Marbury thinks he is no worse than Garnett, and he also wants a 1.2 million contract."

"But no one will give him this amount. Even if those general managers are idiots, they will not waste money on him. But Marbury will definitely not feel that he is not strong enough. He will only resent Falke's ability. If it’s not enough, the two of them will definitely have a falling out next summer!”

"As for Allen, I have been with him for half of my time recently, and we are very active with him. His contract with Falke will expire next summer. As long as he switches to my company by then, then Falke will Under his control, there are officially only a group of old guys left, and when these old guys retire, he will no longer have any voice in the NBA."

Lin Tian looked at Pelinka's confident look and couldn't help but said: "How are you talking with the person I appointed for you? How many shares will your new agency give me?"

"40%!" Pelinka sighed: "I don't know where you found the team, but they really got me. They are so powerful. I can't tell the difference between 40% of the shares." Is the company yours or mine?"

Lin Tian didn't care about this miserable guy, because both Lin Tian and Pelinka knew that as long as Falke's charity match successfully started, then Falke would definitely be finished. The next world of NBA agents, let alone Totally Pelinka, but he will definitely become one of the most powerful people!

The biggest winner of this charity match might be Pelinka, an old scumbag.

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On Christmas Eve night, this game, which attracted countless people's attention, started on time in an arena in Las Vegas. More than 50 NBA players came to the scene, and there were actually more than a dozen NBA All-Star stars. Participation, and most importantly, there were almost 1 spectators in attendance to watch the game!

But it is a pity that due to various reasons, no TV station broadcast or broadcast this game live. Except for the fans at the scene, no one can see the whole game.

Afterwards, some people said that the game was very exciting and the fight was full of flames.

Some people also say that this game is very boring, and the intensity is not as low as that of the high school league.

But none of that apparently matters.

Importantly, the day after the game, which was Christmas Day, Stern directly issued an ultimatum: January 1.

If the two sides cannot reach an agreement before January 1, Stern will no longer work hard to reconcile the conflicts between the two parties, nor will he work hard to prepare for the rematch. This season, no more!

Stern's angry expression, cold eyes, and the news from people around him all mean one thing.

This time, Stern is serious!

For Falk, to his surprise, public opinion was not on his side this time. He originally thought that the fans would thank him for bringing high-level games back to everyone.

But the fact is that almost everyone is scolding him, saying that when everyone is working hard to restore the NBA and let the league continue to fight, as a person who has a huge say among the players, not only is he Instead of helping the league resume competition, it will only make matters worse by ruining the competition.

Of course, what makes the fans even more angry is that before this game, Falke's banner was a charity match, but after the game, everyone discovered that he did not donate the proceeds from this game at all, but kept them all. Come down.

The fans who felt deeply cheated directly shouted slogans for Falk to get out of the league.

For a time, Falk became a street rat, and everyone shouted for him to be beaten.

Finally, with no choice but to be overwhelmed by public opinion, Falke finally announced that he had donated all the income from this game to a charity organization.

But it was too late, his reputation had collapsed.

It doesn't matter whether this big wave of anti-Farke agitation is spontaneous among the fans, or whether it is caused by management and thoughtful people like Pelinka behind the scenes.

The important thing is that Falk was thrown into disarray by the storm of public opinion. He began to lose control of the league and his players.

More importantly, the next development of things is exactly the same as Pelinka and Lin Tian predicted.

The league began to talk to the players separately and began to try to divide them from within. After everyone had stopped paying for half a year, the players' desire to resume the game became more and more unstoppable. They were short of money, they had nothing to do, and they were worried about themselves. This life is ruined, and some people are worried that they will go bankrupt.

In short, a feeling of fear, worry, and confusion permeates the hearts of most NBA players.

They are no longer as united as they were in June, and more and more people are calling for accelerating negotiations and delivering exciting games to fans quickly.

At the same time, this concern is not just in the hearts of the players.

On the capital side, civil unrest also began to spread.

Big money-making clubs such as the Lakers, Knicks, and Bulls can't wait for the game to resume as soon as possible. Some teams that have just taken over want to show off their ambitions, and their enthusiastic owners also hope to resume the game. And the owners of those small clubs, They are also worried that if they really put the alliance on hold, they will be left with nothing.

What's more important is that NBA officials have just signed a new huge contract of US$26 billion with TNT and NBC television networks!

Originally, this contract was about to take effect during the 98-99 season, and a large part of the $26 billion would go into the pockets of the team owners. But now that the league has been suspended, all business activities have been suspended, and the two TV stations Of course I won’t pay!

Although the bosses will not go bankrupt or survive due to the lockout, their losses are actually far greater than the players!

What they lost was a huge amount of real money!

Especially, after both sides of labor and management confirmed that Stern's extremely tough attitude this time and that this time was really an ultimatum, both sides became anxious.

Therefore, under the increasingly impatient demands of both parties and another mediation by Stern, labor and management once again sat at the negotiation table.

This time, both parties finally showed enough sincerity and stopped wasting their breath on nonsense terms.

The labor side voluntarily gave up the nonsense requirement like "player salary must account for 63% of total income" as soon as it came up. The management no longer demanded that the Bird clause must be cancelled, and accepted the soft salary cap. It must be said that both parties showed sincerity from the very beginning, and the negotiations got off to a very good start.

But it was just a good start. In the next dozens of hours, the two sides sat at the negotiation table and were still fighting for each other, fighting madly. For the sake of interests and their own right to speak, they began an extremely fierce battle!

Maximum salary clause, minimum salary guarantee, contract length, Bird clause, rookie clause, contract extension clause, salary cap, transfer details, players' right to speak, bosses' authority to use players' portraits...

The two sides fought over the main content and differences of these negotiations, refusing to give in. On several occasions, representatives from both sides almost started fighting directly at the negotiating table!

What you think of as a high-end negotiation scene: Representatives from both sides wear suits and ties, with neatly styled hair. They are in the best office building in Manhattan, with huge offices and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the entire New York City. Representatives from both sides have disdainful and confident smiles on their lips. state their respective requirements.

Then you come and go, swords and swords, witty remarks, and even curses are full of creativity and elegance, making people feel the maturity, stability and strategizing of business bosses!

The last party sneered: "It's only 2000 million US dollars, I don't want it anymore. It's not worth wasting such a long time. I'm going to Paris for supper tonight with my dear Honey, that's it."

Then both parties happily reach an agreement.

Actual high-end negotiation scene: Representatives from both sides have sweat and oil stains on their foreheads, their hair is messy as if they haven't been washed in a week, various words such as FUXX, SHXX, and BITXX are flying all over the sky, and the whole room is filled with choking smoke. The smell and the soot floating around.

双方代表为了底薪合同金额是70万还是70万5000元争得面红耳赤，顶薪球员为了合同起始金额是工资帽的25%还是26%恨不得拔出枪来射死对面的老板。

The bosses are clinging to the 52% share ratio and are not willing to spend a dime more. Regarding the specific algorithm and amount setting of the salary cap, the two sides are even more incompatible with each other, which is full of gunpowder!

In the end, it was Stern who couldn't stand it anymore and slapped the table and yelled: "A bunch of bastards! You damn Grandet! You must negotiate a reasonable result for me tonight, otherwise this Stop playing the fucking season! FUXX! I’ve had enough!”

Stern's roar effectively improved the efficiency of the negotiations, but it was obviously still not enough to reach an immediate conclusion. The two sides continued to argue for several days after Stern's words, until everyone was exhausted and had no image. , everyone’s eyes were bloodshot, and they were as tired as if they had just played 15 overtime games.

But when Stern's lawyers read the hundreds of pages of the new collective bargaining agreement from cover to cover for the last time, and neither side put forward any further opinions, this group had no image and argued at the top of their lungs. The industry elites who spent almost the entire second half of the year breathed a sigh of relief.

it's over! it is finally over!

At this time, both sides actually had a feeling of surviving a disaster, and even had a different feeling towards the bastards opposite them who wanted to shoot them in the head a few hours ago.

"I brought champagne, let's celebrate together?" Ewing's voice was hoarse as he chewed gum. As the chairman of the players union, he played a crucial role in this negotiation, although he was not familiar with various legal provisions and what is sustainable. He doesn’t understand things like development at all. If you ask him for his opinion on the terms of the contract, he will just shout, “Give me more money.”

But Ewing had a loud voice and cursed people enough. Whenever the two sides were in a stalemate and needed to enter the stage of swearing, Ewing would stand up without hesitation and show off the swearing skills he had developed in his career of more than ten years, which made the management gang People should realize how powerful he is.

So after the whole negotiation, this guy's throat was the most severely damaged.

"It's clever, I brought it too!" A representative from the employer also turned around and took out a few bottles of champagne from his suitcase. Then, the entire meeting scene turned into a sea of ​​joy in an instant!

excited! Everyone is really excited at this time!

But as the president of the NBA, Stern, who should be happiest at this time that his league is finally back, can't laugh at all at this moment.

Why is he smiling?

This season is destined to only have half of the season left, and there is a high probability that the All-Star Game will not be held. The reputation the league has worked so hard to accumulate among the public will not only be exhausted, but it will also plummet. In addition, from November to January, more than two months During the period, the league did not have any competitions or business activities.

From the brand, peripherals, tickets, traffic, broadcasts, cooperation, advertising, etc., the alliance has lost an unknown amount of money!

According to Stern's estimation, it will take at least five years to recover what the league has lost during the half-season suspension.

Happy?

Why is he so happy?

He's so happy!

Even at this time, Stern decided to cancel the All-Star Game this season! Aren't you bastards making trouble? I’m going to cancel the All-Star Game this year!

Anyway, the reputation of the alliance has reached rock bottom, so let’s take advantage of this time to stimulate you, so that you bastards will dare to pick me up in the future?

If it’s difficult to handle, then don’t even try to do it!

Thinking of this, thinking of how to properly rectify these guys, Stern is going to burn all the boats this time and rectify both labor and management!

Two days later, the new labor agreement was made public. Countless professionals began to analyze and study the new version of the labor agreement. Commentators from all walks of life came online to discuss it. After holding on for almost half a year, major sports stations even Program after program was launched to analyze and review the shutdown.

In short, although the NBA has not officially announced his resumption time and schedule, everyone has quickly entered their roles and started preparing for the new season.

Although everyone has different views and angles on the beginning and end of this shutdown, grievances, and who is right and who is wrong, there is one thing that everyone has the same point of view!

After those contract and agreement experts analyzed this version of the labor agreement, they gave unanimous praise! Everyone calls this version of the labor agreement perfect! There are almost no loopholes to be found. It is definitely a milestone agreement in the history of North American sports! It is worth learning from other major alliances!

This version of the labor agreement protects the interests of both parties to the greatest extent and finds a wonderful balance between the needs of both parties. It not only protects the interests of labor, but also makes the employer profitable, and at the same time makes the entire alliance The operation will definitely be smoother and healthier!

Many people even feel that this shutdown is worth it just for this new version of the agreement.

The main changes in this labor agreement are actually two major aspects: a stricter contract system and standard contract template as well as a luxury tax system!

First of all, rookie players will sign a more unified and standardized contract when entering the league, that is, 2+2 for first-round picks, with full guarantees for the first two years and team options for the next two years. That is to say, after a rookie enters the league, no matter whether he plays No matter how bad you are, you can still get an annual salary of one million for two years.

At the same time, no matter how good he plays, as long as the team executes the option, he will have to work as a child laborer for four years. In order to avoid a behavior like O'Neal's behavior of running away directly after the rookie contract expires, and to ensure the interests of the parent team, the league has New identity tags such as restricted free agent and unrestricted free agent have been added.

Of course, in order to protect the interests of the players, as long as the players stay in their home team, they can sign contracts with higher amounts and longer years!

In addition, the league has also stipulated strict maximum salary amounts and contract years. In the past, Lin Tian, ​​Garnett, and Jordan's "it depends on the mood" contracts that as long as the team is willing to give them, they can give them any amount and how long they last. will be completely lost in history.

At the same time, while the superstars have lost certain profits, the league has also given more guarantees to the basic salary and marginal players, significantly increasing the basic salary and protecting the interests of marginal players.

New contract types such as bi-year exceptions, divisible mid-level exceptions, and veteran minimum salaries have been added, allowing each team to perform as many operations as possible above the salary cap.

In addition, the 'Bird Clause', also known as bird rights, was also played out by the league. Terms such as early bird, veteran bird, and non-bird also officially entered the stage of history after this time!

Well, the most noteworthy thing is that the league has also created a "Lin Tian Clause" to protect the home team and prevent those second-round picks who suddenly become famous from becoming famous because the home team has no salary space and no bird rights. Players running away occurred again.

This is the ‘Arenas Clause’ that originally would only appear a few years later.

To put it simply, this clause allows the home team to match all contracts offered by other teams to second-round picks!

It can be regarded as protecting the interests of the parent team and the players at the same time.

Lin Tian did not expect that he could make this clause appear in the alliance in advance and name it directly after himself.

Of course, there are many intricate details and contents among these various contract clauses, which total hundreds of pages, but Lin Tian is too lazy to read those things, and he is not an agent. This kind of thing Just let Pelinka stay up late and read at night. As for Lin Tian?

Just wait until the contract expires in six years and ask Pelinka: "How can I get the most money?"

That’s it!

happy!

In addition to the almost completely renovated contract content, another huge change in the new agreement that is worth mentioning and exciting enough is undoubtedly the birth of the luxury tax!

The so-called luxury tax means that when a team's total salary reaches a certain standard, for every dime it exceeds, it will have to pay the same amount to the league. At the end of the season, the league will take out the money, on average. Distributed to all teams that do not pay the luxury tax.

It can be said that another kind of wool comes out of the sheep!

Do you want to form a super team, compete for the championship, and force everyone on the team to stay?

No problem, pay!

The introduction of this system has also made many small teams extremely happy. They get an extra bonus every year. Who doesn't like it?

Of course, teams with deep pockets are very happy about this clause! For example, James Dolan, the owner of the New York Knicks, has just taken over the Knicks two years ago and is preparing to impress the entire league!

This guy and his family have nothing but a lot of dollars!

For him, spending money can solve problems and make him stronger, so he has to spend a lot of money!

Spend money to make him happy!

Of course, with the luxury tax, there must be a poor man's tax. This is a reverse luxury tax, used to punish teams that are too Grandet. If their annual player salary does not reach a certain level, then You also have to take out the money, but this time you don’t need to distribute it to other teams, but give it directly to your own players!

Of course, whether it is a luxury tax or a poor man's line, the league will not rush to implement it.

Three years, three years later will be the time for the league to implement these two measures, and before that, each team has enough time to reorganize its salary space and solve its own problems.

In short, various new clauses have been implemented and implemented, various new contract templates have begun to be used, and the entire alliance is also thriving!

Now, everyone is sure that the 98-99 season is about to begin!

　Kawen, the writing is a bit awkward. I originally wanted to drive, but I was scared yesterday. Alas... I will resume the update volume of about 10,000 words tomorrow!

　　

　

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