There are still rich NHL teams and FIFA Coins poor NHL teams. Despite the parade of different Stanley Cup Champions, competitive balance hasn't been fixed because economic parity has not been achieved. Cutting player salaries from 57 percent of revenues to 50 percent or 52 percent or whatever won't narrow the economic gap between the Lakers and the Bobcats, just as it hasn't between the Rangers and the Thrashers Jets.
The NBA wants the players to Buy FIFA Mobile Coins toss out their life preserver, but here's the rub: that life preserver won't save the Kings, the Pacers, the Bucks. And frankly, neither will revenue sharing (the owners' life preserver), assuming you believe the NBA's claims about losses in the face of data that, while disputed,insists otherwise). If the league is as broken as David Stern says that it is, there's no one magic potion that will make it well.
A comprehensive program of medicine is needed. Players' salary is part of that, sure. The NBA is after the most potent potion in that area possible.But ignoring or delaying the elixir that is revenue sharing is insanely dangerous, and the league must understand the players' position here. David Stern is asking players to make all of the concessions without a promisethat his high-revenue teams will make real concessions, too.
I get the reasons why, as illustrated above. But that doesn't make it any less wrong. The NBA is being completely shortsighted about the biggest economic overhaul it has ever undertaken. What a dangerous way to do business. In this Storystream 2011 NBA Lockout: Full Coverage Of League's Labor Dispute NBA Lockout Ends As Players, Owners Ratify NBA Lockout at http://www.fifaah.co/