Negotiations between employers and employees but also, however, the federal officers involved in arbitration and mediation. According to ESPN reports, the players union executive director – Bill Hunter, said in an interview, when the players union and the employers have an appointment on Monday met with federal arbitrators, together again on the collective bargaining agreement negotiations. Hunt also said that bosses want to shut down before Christmas ended.
Disputes between employers and employees is very large, with Stern’s words, ‘all differences’. Stern said in an interview, when, as between employers and employees across a wall-like, almost all issues are inconsistent. Specifically, the two sides can not salary cap, super-luxury tax, the length of player contracts, basketball related income (BRI) and so agreed.
The regular season was canceled two weeks, both sides seem to have the loose position. According to the “current Chicago” report, the players side in fact agree to shorten the contract proposed by employers and super luxury tax program. In the last labor agreement, the maximum length of the renewal of the contract is six years, the longest length of signing the contract is 5 years. Employers at the time of this proposal, will be renewed up to four-year period, a contract to three years.
BRI, etc. are still plagued by both employers and employees. BRI disputes between employers and employees appear to only 3 percentage points, but in fact not the case. Players were on the labor side agreement in which the share is 57% the proportion of BRI, they will be required to cut this to 53%, reduced by 4 percentage points. This means that the players side give up $ 200 million in annual revenue. If the new collective bargaining agreement for 10 years, then the equivalent of the players to give up $ 2 billion. So players still do not agree with 50% of employers plan proposed.
Because issues such as excessive differences, both parties may have their own can not solve the problem, they expect to use the power of the federal arbitration. Hunter said in an interview, when, more than super-agent wish to dissolve the players union, NBA also hopes to dissolve the union. If the dissolution of the union, then, both sides can solve the problem by law, including the application for arbitration, and so on.