Why is that important to you? Why is Leverage such a key to you? In any sport, any business, you don't have leverage over the bosses. The only "leverage" they may have is they are the workers, AND the product. Use Intel as an example. What if Computers simply got up and said @#$% this, we want more money. Can't happen right, they're computers. The product is an inanimate object. NBA players, are not. That's their leverage. They are both. And even still, leverage is not the point, in any way.Originally Posted by seasoned vet
.....i challenge anyone to show me when and where the NBA players have done anything to gain leverage against 30 BILLIONAIRE owners and their hobby.and please think before you respond, we're talking LEVERAGE people. this little NBA %%$! is PLAY MONEY to these billionaires. show me where these NBA players have done anything to try and challenge that
Everyone knew before it all began that the players were losing this deal. Nothing could be done to stop that. Owners cried broke, players had to give money back. That was that. No leverage needed, and the players conceded. Do you understand this?
So they give the money back, now the owners want MORE, they want system fixes. That's where the players are like "wait, we gave you your money, why mess with the system that produced 4.4 billion dollars?" Why both? That's what's goin on. The owners have won the war, now they are trying to kill every single soldier. That's what this is all about now. They don't want to win by 50, they want to win by 700.
Your leverage argument means nothing to nobody. They aren't fighting for more of anything, they are trying to hold on to what they have left, that's all. They don't want more money, they don't want system changes, they just want stuff left alone, here's your money, let's play ball.