This has been a turbulent year for the sports franchises based in the United states because of negotiations regarding the sharing of revenue between players and the team owners. The NFL reached an agreement in which players ceded a portion of future revenues in order to end the lock-out. On the other hand the NBA season has been delayed by months and there was the remote possibility that the season would be cancelled altogether due to the great chasm that could not be bridged.
It seems now that the team owners and the players union have reached an agreement and the season is due to start with the first matches scheduled on Christmas day. As this article in the Guardian states, the full details of the settlement are not out yet but the detectable anxiety to get an agreement going in order to redeem the the season in shortened form is a major factor. To my mind, it is clear again that the brinkmanship on the part of the owners seems to have led to capitulation by the players. When the full details of the agreement are released, it is almost certain that it is the players who will have yielded more ground.
It seems now that the team owners and the players union have reached an agreement and the season is due to start with the first matches scheduled on Christmas day. As this article in the Guardian states, the full details of the settlement are not out yet but the detectable anxiety to get an agreement going in order to redeem the the season in shortened form is a major factor. To my mind, it is clear again that the brinkmanship on the part of the owners seems to have led to capitulation by the players. When the full details of the agreement are released, it is almost certain that it is the players who will have yielded more ground.
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