Hard Cap Coming? USL?

[Jdawgflow]

13 hours ago, Watchman said:

Whoopee.  We get inferior teams, who watch the same old mega market teams win year after year.  Does that sound exciting to you?  We get owners who tell us they're willing to pay the luxury tax but orchestrate trades to keep us below the tax level. Yet they retain Schlenk, Nate and Trae, which are recipes for mediocrity.  Hard to see brighter days ahead.  Oh well, with a lockout we get some temporary relief from mediocrity.

I would say we are already watching an inferior team.  And the main reason is our owner is cheap.  I agree we are mediocre.  Having a hard cap would not change that I fear.

[AHF]

I think the Hard Cap idea is just a bargaining chip.  Owners will push for that which will be seen as a terrible thing by players and the owners will concede this point at some juncture in the negotiations.  

[JayBirdHawk]

Nope 

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The NBA and NBPA continue to negotiate their next collective bargaining agreement. One part of the talks that is not expected to be part of the final agreement is a hard cap, which the NBA has euphemistically called an "Upper Spending Limit."

 

In early December, Marc Stein of Substack reported that the NBA was genuine in their pursuit of a hard cap and that it wasn't simply a negotiating tactic. 

 

"There's not going to be a hard salary cap... I don't think," said Brian Windhorst on his podcast. "I don't want to talk in absolutes. I think if that was really on the table, I don't think we'd be hearing there's momentum in talks. 

 

"There sounds like there will be changes to the luxury tax system. Potentially making the high payrolls even more penal to try to get them under control. Also, possibly changing the levels of which teams are taxed, so there may

 

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

The NBA and NBPA will extend an early opt-out deadline of the current collective bargaining agreement as talks continues without a new deal.

 

The NBA's seven-year CBA expires following the 23-24 season and has been pushed back once already from Dec. 15th.

 

There had been some hope from teams that a deal would be in place by the trade deadline in order to inform future payroll planning based on potential rule changes. 

 

The league has shown a willingness to give up its push to implement a hard cap, which has been called an upper spending limit. 

 

ADRIAN WOJNAROWSKI/ESPN