Over the past several months we’ve watched the NBA and NBPA negotiate the terms of their new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). With the possibility of the NBPA rejecting the league’s newest offer, decertification could be a realistic next move.
While I do not believe the decertification would work, I am intrigued by the idea of it, especially after reading Ben Golliver’s post on CBSSports.com.
‘For months, player agents have been pushing for the decertification of the union, a cry that drew more support following Thursday's negotiating session, when it became clear that the NBA's current offer was not substantially better than its previous one, which was rejected by an NBPA group meeting on Tuesday. Stern said the threat of decertification is a strategic ploy that would jeopardize the 2011-2012 season.
"[it's a move] actually calculated to, one, [serve] as a tactic to improve their bargaining position and, two, as making it even more likely that there won't be a season," Stern said.
If the union did decertify, Stern predicted the move would backfire.
"If the union is not in existence, then neither are 4 billion dollars worth of guaranteed contracts that are entered into under condition that there's a union, Stern said. "So if the agents insist on playing with fire, my guess is that they would get themselves burned.’
You read that correctly. Teams would wipe themselves clean of current contract obligations, thus creating the opportunity to completely re-configure rosters.
That means we can have a FANTASY DRAFT!!!
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