The NBA Players Vie for a New Collective Bargaining Agreement for 2011

The previous NBA proposal Collective Bargaining Agreement for 2011 has been discarded in respect to come up with a new contract that will appease the NBA owners, players and organization. The executive director of the NBA players association Billy Hunter visit to Dallas is more about the business of the NBA and how these meetings will put everything into proper perspective.

NBA executive director Billy Hunter is reasonably aware that there are minor problems concerning a possible lockout before the current deal expires on July 1, 2011. "No, I think that everybody has a different sense of things and nobody wants to see this thing that David Stern has worked and built, the NBA, the successful entity that it is, the brand, we're not out to damage it or destroy it," Hunter mentioned this after his press conference as he spoke about the importance of getting this deal finalized.

"So we're going to make every effort to get an agreement done, we just want an agreement that's a lot more equitable and one that doesn't have a structure that's oppressive."

Scores of NBA players feel that this current contract is not in the best interest of the players or the league, that is why Kevin Garnett, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony met with the executive director on Friday to discuss ways to come up with solutions that will help lesser NBA players, and the players who make millions of revenue for the cities they play for. Carmelo Anthony reiterated that "When you walk into one of those meetings, one of those CBA meetings, and you see myself, you see the LeBron's and the Kobe's and the Kevin Garnett's, it's a stronger presence. So I think we should go in and make our presence felt." Without a doubt, there is power in numbers, and this is what these superstar NBA players bring to the table, the power to negotiate for the entire league.

The NBA players may see financial changes in the upcoming contract that they may not agree upon, for instance; salary caps for teams that have the option to pay for a luxury tax; these options will definitely have a profound affect on the collective bargaining process. The last time the NBA experienced a lockout was in 1999 when there were only 50 games played, this is something that NBA Commissioner David Stern would not like to see happen for the 2011 season.

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