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Adam Silver Warns NBA Players’ Union Against Opting Out of CBA

By William Lee

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Adam Silver in an interview on Bleacher Report Radio warned the players’ union against opting out of the current collective bargaining agreement. The players’ union have until December 15, 2016 to give notice that they want to opt out.

"“And if they do, we’ll deal with that,”“As you guys know…there were a lot of things we left on the table, as well [in 2011]. We went into collective bargaining seeking—I don’t want to get into it now—but a number of things that we didn’t accomplish. And we compromised. And they compromised as well.“If there’s a feeling that we should reopen the collective bargaining agreement, there will be things that we’re going to bring back to the table, too. And hopefully, just as we have in the past, we’ll work through all those issues and there won’t be any disruptions in the season.”"

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Silver knows that the players might want to opt out to collect back some of the percentage on income. In the previous collective bargaining agreement players received 57% of income, in the current collective bargaining agreement players now receive  49-51% of revenue. In an interview with Bleacher Report last fall, the executive director of the National basketball Players Association, Michele A. Roberts said as much.

"“it’s a pretty good bet” the union would opt out of the CBA, presumably to recoup some of the concessions made in 2011. Of course, once the deal is reopened, the owners are free to revive their old proposals as well. And with $30 million player salaries on the horizon, owners might be eager to seek new restrictions—including a hard cap, a measure they have been seeking for decades."

Although Silver believes it would not be in the interest of the players, nor the league to disrupt the surge in popularity of professional basketball.

"“Certainly, from the league’s standpoint, things are going, I think, extraordinarily well with this league, in terms of the popularity of the game. Our players are obviously making all-time record salaries. Benefits are terrific,” “No doubt, there will be things that they’ll want to talk about when we return to the table for collective bargaining.”"

There is hope that both the players’ union and the league can work together, recently the NBA and NBPA announced testing for human growth hormone (HGH). For the fan’s sake and all the employees working for the 30 teams, let’s hope that there is not a stop in workage for a while.

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