The presented argument of collective bargaining is between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). The reason for collective bargaining was to make that there will not be a basketball lockout in 2017. This new agreement has a seven-year term covering the 2017-2018 season through 2023-2024 season.
The league imposed a brief lockout in 1996 that didn’t lead to any lost games, but the 1998 lockout led to the cancellation of 32 games before a last-minute agreement in January 1999 salvaged a 50-game season. In 2011, the season was shorten to 66 games. (David Aldridge)
The union claims that franchise valuations have increased by an average of 240 percent since the end of the 2011 lockout, while
The league imposed a brief lockout in 1996 that didn’t lead to any lost games, but the 1998 lockout led to the cancellation of 32 games before a last-minute agreement in January 1999 salvaged a 50-game season. In 2011, the season was shorten to 66 games. (David Aldridge)
The union claims that franchise valuations have increased by an average of 240 percent since the end of the 2011 lockout, while