Nba Lockout
Anthony Hansen
Manti High
Professor Stephen Fullmer
English 1010
10 November 2011
The NBA Lockout: Players vs. Owners As the final seconds of game six of the 2011 National Basketball Association (NBA) finals ran off the game clock, so did the final seconds of the entire 2010-2011 NBA season, leaving its fans nothing else but to wonder when the next time would be that they would get to watch their favorite players and favorite teams play the game they love again. Now let’s fast forward about four and a half months. As the late fall sun rises on the day after Halloween and day 124 of the NBA lockout, the 2011 NBA season should have tipped off. Instead fans are still left wondering when or if they will ever see their favorite players and teams ‘lace’ em up’ and get back out on the court. The players as well are now scattered across the map suiting up and playing in games ranging from the Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu Arena in Akatlar, Turkey to pick up games on the blacktop courts with chain nets in the Brooklyn suburbs, and even flag football games. Everyone is wondering the same thing, when will they get to go back to work and play for their NBA teams again?
If history repeats itself like it did during the 1998-1999 season, the last time a lockout occurred, they will have to wait another 3 months or another 94 days. The last lockout continued clear into the middle of January when players and owners finally agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) after 202 days. The NBA then gave the then 29 teams in the league some time to get ready for the 1999 season. Sixteen days later after, free agency and training camp, the league played a shortened season of 50 games, as opposed to the usual 82 games, and the All-Star game was cancelled completely. Just because that’s how everything played out for the last lockout doesn’t mean it will end up the same way this time around. In fact, the 1998 lockout was much easier to overcome than the current lockout.
Manti High
Professor Stephen Fullmer
English 1010
10 November 2011
The NBA Lockout: Players vs. Owners As the final seconds of game six of the 2011 National Basketball Association (NBA) finals ran off the game clock, so did the final seconds of the entire 2010-2011 NBA season, leaving its fans nothing else but to wonder when the next time would be that they would get to watch their favorite players and favorite teams play the game they love again. Now let’s fast forward about four and a half months. As the late fall sun rises on the day after Halloween and day 124 of the NBA lockout, the 2011 NBA season should have tipped off. Instead fans are still left wondering when or if they will ever see their favorite players and teams ‘lace’ em up’ and get back out on the court. The players as well are now scattered across the map suiting up and playing in games ranging from the Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu Arena in Akatlar, Turkey to pick up games on the blacktop courts with chain nets in the Brooklyn suburbs, and even flag football games. Everyone is wondering the same thing, when will they get to go back to work and play for their NBA teams again?
If history repeats itself like it did during the 1998-1999 season, the last time a lockout occurred, they will have to wait another 3 months or another 94 days. The last lockout continued clear into the middle of January when players and owners finally agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) after 202 days. The NBA then gave the then 29 teams in the league some time to get ready for the 1999 season. Sixteen days later after, free agency and training camp, the league played a shortened season of 50 games, as opposed to the usual 82 games, and the All-Star game was cancelled completely. Just because that’s how everything played out for the last lockout doesn’t mean it will end up the same way this time around. In fact, the 1998 lockout was much easier to overcome than the current lockout.
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