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Message: [QUOTE="kyleslamb, post: 75165, member: 895"] If some of the teams are losing money as is being reported, why should they give something in return that means money will still be lost? Shouldn't they hold to a position that guarantees them at least some profit? Frankly I think a business should not negotiate if it's going to mean they're still running at a deficit. I'm not convinced the teams are losing as much money as the accounting shows, mind you, but nonetheless I trust there are indeed some teams losing money and I don't expect them to give up any in negotiations if it doesn't yield a surplus. For what it's worth, by the way, the NBA players have it made compared to musicians and actors. Those fields, which are similarly based on the talent and popularity of the content-providers, pay less than 20% of gross revenues to even the most popular contributors. So for the NBA players to get 50% of gross revenue is awfully fortuitous to begin with. [/QUOTE]