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Kilroy wrote:Pfft... Call me when they do something that actually costs them anything... They're sacrificing, what, exactly, for this cause?

Union ain't going to let the paychecks stop... Only people set to 'sacrifice' anything are the league, the owners and all the little people they provide livelihoods for... How many of them are black?

Slava wrote:

Kilroy wrote:Pfft... Call me when they do something that actually costs them anything... They're sacrificing, what, exactly, for this cause?

Union ain't going to let the paychecks stop... Only people set to 'sacrifice' anything are the league, the owners and all the little people they provide livelihoods for... How many of them are black?

It will cost them sooner than later. The league as a whole invested around $270M into making the bubble possible. Without fans and in arena attendances, the only revenue they have left is the broadcast income, if they can't deliver games, they'll completely shutdown all revenue streams, except may be apparel.

All of these losses circle around to a big dent in the BRI, which is a 50-50 split between owners and players, which in turn effects the salary cap going forward. A guy like AD or Giannis, who were poised to sign their first mega contracts are putting a lot of money at risk here.

Slava wrote:I think its a little condescending to even think Davis doesn't comprehend the effect this could have on his livelihood. Even if you go by the dumb jock theory, he has agents, whose full time job is to inform him of every little event that effects his bottom line. They'd have been talking on almost an every day basis with the Lakers and Davis, considering this is his contract year.

Spanish_Laker wrote:If they decide to stop playing, my support for this franchise and this league will end now.

Spanish_Laker wrote:What a bunch of idiots. Cancelling the season won't solve anything, no one cares about what a group of spoiled multi-billionaire black athletes do. Are they also going to boycott their own league and contracts for using clothes made in China by children in slavery conditions?
These idiots are paid millions to play basketball, not to behave as politicians. I hope the owners are firmly considering voiding their contracts if they refuse to work.

Kilroy wrote:

Slava wrote:I think its a little condescending to even think Davis doesn't comprehend the effect this could have on his livelihood. Even if you go by the dumb jock theory, he has agents, whose full time job is to inform him of every little event that effects his bottom line. They'd have been talking on almost an every day basis with the Lakers and Davis, considering this is his contract year.

So it's out of the realm of possibility that in this by all accounts, impromptu meeting, in the heat of the moment, fired up by everyone else, that it may have slipped his mind that he may have more fat in the fire than the other guys if he decides to walk out?
That would make him a 'dumb jock?' Or just human?

But on the flip side, saying that he knew all the intricacies of how their walkout could potentially effect the cap and how that may in turn effect the contract he can sign... Why would he agree to quit the season knowing that unlike all but maybe a hand-full, but in reality maybe just one other player, he stands to be leaving a lot more money on the table? Maybe because he isn't a dumb jock and knows that there's multiple ways to cut that pie and at the end of the day, it isn't going to effect his bottom line much, if at all?

Even if you can rationalize all both of those scenarios away, you'd still have to admit that this has all the markings of an empty gesture at best, and more of a publicity stunt at worse...

Kilroy wrote:

Slava wrote:I think its a little condescending to even think Davis doesn't comprehend the effect this could have on his livelihood. Even if you go by the dumb jock theory, he has agents, whose full time job is to inform him of every little event that effects his bottom line. They'd have been talking on almost an every day basis with the Lakers and Davis, considering this is his contract year.

So it's out of the realm of possibility that in this by all accounts, impromptu meeting, in the heat of the moment, fired up by everyone else, that it may have slipped his mind that he may have more fat in the fire than the other guys if he decides to walk out?
That would make him a 'dumb jock?' Or just human?

But on the flip side, saying that he knew all the intricacies of how their walkout could potentially effect the cap and how that may in turn effect the contract he can sign... Why would he agree to quit the season knowing that unlike all but maybe a hand-full, but in reality maybe just one other player, he stands to be leaving a lot more money on the table? Maybe because he isn't a dumb jock and knows that there's multiple ways to cut that pie and at the end of the day, it isn't going to effect his bottom line much, if at all?

Even if you can rationalize all both of those scenarios away, you'd still have to admit that this has all the markings of an empty gesture at best, and more of a publicity stunt at worse...

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