NBA Cancels All Games Through Nov. 30

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By BRIAN MAHONEY

NEW YORK (AP) - As NBA players and owners wait to see who will blink first, fans are stuck staring at a blank calendar.

NBA Commissioner David Stern canceled the rest of the November games Friday, saying there will not be a full NBA season "under any circumstances."

The move came about after labor negotiations broke down again when both sides refused to budge on how to split the league's revenues, the same issue that derailed talks last week.

Now, a full month of NBA games have been canceled, and Stern said there's no way of getting them back.

Read more: http://sports.excite.com/news/10292011/v1265.html

[polichick]

1. Let them go out of business - Wall Street isn't the only center of GREED in the U.S.

[Syrinx]

2. I guess I side with the players, but it's not an ideal example

Multi-millionaire players versus billionaire owners. I can't really get too worked up about it.

[LARED]

3. The burning question is, will anyone notice? nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. Not I. Heck, I was surprised to learn that baseball is still in season. When

Does that end, anyway?

[Thegonagle]

5. Ended last night with the Cardinals coming out on top in a 7 game World Series.

Good for you, St. Louis!

P.S. We kicked your asses in 1987!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. congrats. When does it start again? February?

[ellisonz]

17. Spring Training begins in March, the season in April.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

26. so soon? It's like a full time job.

[AlbertCat]

11. The burning question is, will anyone notice?

The vendors and maintenance and all those "side" businesses will notice.

[Blue_Tires]

20. eh..everyone knows the 'real' season doesn't start until second round playoffs

so they have a lot of wiggle room

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Will anyone notice?

Will anyone care?

[blueclown]

7. You did.

You clicked on the thread. You obviously care. If you didn't, why would you post?

[former9thward]

23. The number of people that attend and watch NBA are about 100,000 times greater than OWS gatherings.

So yeah I guess someone will notice.

[valerief]

8. No more Us vs. Them contests? Good. Broadcast an Occupy site instead. An example of Cooperation. nt

[fascisthunter]

10. the Officiating itself has ruined the sport... it's corrupt

and now this will also hurt the league.

[Roy Rolling]

12. Divided loyalties

It's hard to support when the millionaires form a union themselves . . .

[snort]

13. There are a shitload of 99ers who are going to

be hurt by this. Sports arenas employ a lot of people. It sucks.

[dwp6577]

14. millionaires in underwear...

That's what my Dad used to call them.

[dwp6577]

22. forgot to mention that I'm absolutely pro-union, just too much money in sports

N/T

[digidigido]

15. The players should take them to court, they are a monopoly

and they are trying to legalize collusion

[hughee99]

16. I think the owners would be fine with a year off

especially if the best players are going to go oversees, play for a year, and expand their fan base. If they could get away with it from a PR standpoint, I think the owners would have already announced no basketball this year (unless the players will willing to give in on everything).

[alp227]

18. Keep in mind though that the NBA employs many arena workers

and if they can't work, then that's gonna influence the unemployment rate. Now lemme put on my tinfoil hat and speculate that Republican strategists are trying to create this hostage situation between the players and owners because they knew that this strike would perpetuate unemployment and thus cost Obama votes.

[Blue_Tires]

21. most arenas will just fill the dates with the ice capades or Coldplay or something

[ellisonz]

19. They're not even that far apart.

Just make the deal players union, insist on a statement promising to go no further than 50% in future negotiations. See - problem solved.

[frylock]

24. fuck all those millionaire popcorn vendors and parking lot attendants..

i continue to be astounded by the abject ignorance of supposedly intellectual people on an allegedly progressive discussion forum.

[Zyzfyx]

25. Good start

Now, if they could just cancel the entire season. And the sport itself. :boring:

[athenasatanjesus]

27. It's funny debating conservatives over this lockout.

They want so badly to be anti union,yet the NBA owners are basically trying to instill socialist rules on their sport.

[athenasatanjesus]

28. It's funny debating conservatives over this lockout.

They want so badly to be anti union,yet the NBA owners are basically trying to instill socialist rules on their sport.

[geomon666]

29. What's basketball?...

But seriously, I don't cry for millionaires.