Chapter 1865 The End of the Destined Shutdown and the Beginning of the Offseason
However, although he understood that this was a true portrayal of himself every summer, hearing so much at once in such a comfortable time made even a person with Ji Feng's receptive ability feel a little numb, so he hurriedly stopped it. The thought of James going on!
"Stop, stop, stop, stop~!"
"Good guy, I'll be honest, I didn't know, I thought you were here to sign up for the name of the dish. Can you just give the name of the dish? Is it TJ who went to China a few days ago?"
"Isn't that what you want to hear? I thought you had to decide on a few itineraries now." James looked innocent. He had just entered the state. He had no choice but to talk about the future after working as an agent for a long time. The itinerary is so detailed that I can't stop talking about it.
"Okay, I'm being hasty. Don't talk about work tonight. Besides, some jobs don't need to be mentioned at all. Just push them. Others, I will choose some to participate in. You know, I am determined to have a good rest this summer. After this, if there is an invitation from the national team, it would be nice to just refuse it. After participating in the competition for three consecutive years, it is time to give myself a holiday," Ji Feng said.
Ji Feng was very busy in the past few summers. In addition to those jobs, he also had to take into account training to maintain his condition. The most important thing was that he participated in the national team competition for three consecutive years. Although the results were also remarkable, he won the Olympic champion and the World Championships. He won both the championship and the Asian Games championship, but it also cost Ji Feng a lot of time to recover and study.
So this summer, Ji Feng has made up his mind to put training and rest first. In addition to his daily training, Ji Feng is also preparing to invite several retired superstars to participate in several training camps and do some special activities. Train and enrich yourself on the training ground.
Every summer is the best place for players to improve themselves. As Ji Feng expected, James and Wade, who were bombarded, will never be willing to fail like this this summer. There will probably be a bloody battle next year. In order to not be supporting roles, Ji Feng must not slack off!
"OK! Actually, I think so too. There are endless activities to participate in. Besides, with your reputation, you don't need to participate in any extra shows. In addition to necessary commercial activities and US tours, I am I won’t pick it up for you,” James said.
Ji Feng definitely has the confidence now. In terms of fame, Ji Feng is definitely the top in the basketball circle, and he is the kind that transcends his times. Even if it extends to the entire sports circle, few people can compare with Ji Feng. Moreover, Ji Feng is not only An ordinary player, his business spans two continents, and even has branches in Japan and South Korea. Ji Feng's wealth accumulation is at an exaggerated speed. When the new Forbes ranking comes out this year, it will probably completely shock the world, so some Publicity, which is very important to ordinary stars, is just useless to Ji Feng.
"OK! It will be easier if we unite our minds. Now let's talk about the possible labor disputes in detail." Ji Feng brought the topic back to this possible crisis in the future.
In fact, as early as last year, on February 11, 2010, the league took advantage of the All-Star Weekend to announce a new agreement offer.
The reason why the league chose to announce it at this time is because the labor agreement signed every six years is about to expire before the start of the new season in 2011. At this time, both labor and management must draft a new agreement, and both parties have reached an agreement on salary benefits. After reaching a consensus, all player contract matters must be implemented in accordance with this agreement in the past six years.
The new version of the agreement announced in 2010 made the players very dissatisfied at the time because the players' income would be cut. However, after all, it was still some time before the agreement was officially signed, so the players' backlash had not yet expanded.
This summer, another major event also happened, that is, the Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh united in Miami.
This has actually made the management of each team dissatisfied with the existing agreement, believing that the league should prevent this kind of star team-up from happening, and therefore made the management want to formulate more stringent terms in the new agreement.
Later, representatives from both the labor and management parties met several times. It is said that the meeting was very friendly, but in fact there was no progress at all on the agreement. Seeing that the old agreement was about to end with only one season left, the labor and management parties had not yet reached a consensus. .
Soon, the time came to February 29, 2011, when representatives from both the labor and management parties held negotiations again. The process was also said to be friendly, but in fact it was not very satisfactory.
Because at that time the league claimed that "the league has a deficit of US$300 million every year" and 22 teams were in the red, it hoped to achieve balance by reducing players' salaries by 40% and imposing a hard salary cap.
The first thing to know here is that the NBA's salary cap is a soft limit, which is completely different from the hard caps of the NFL and NHL at the time. The hard cap means that no matter what, the salary cannot exceed a certain amount; the soft cap means that you can get the opportunity to break through the salary cap through various exceptions, such as the Bird clause, etc. At that time, the Wizards even asked the boss early He was punished by the league for previewing the possible hard salary cap.
The reason why the league targets players' income is because player salary expenditures account for 57% of the league's total revenue. The league hopes to lower this number to less than 50% so that deficit pressure can be alleviated.
But of course the players were unwilling, and they had already rejected the same agreement during the All-Star Weekend a year ago. A year later, the league proposed the same content again. This made the players and the players union very dissatisfied and refused to sign the agreement. protocol.
The stalemate has been going on. Just when the finals were in full swing, the stalemate between the players' union and the NBA was getting more and more stalemate. The reason why it didn't break out was because the game wasn't over yet, and now, the finals have already At the end, the conflict still exists, and it seems that neither side has the intention to give in.
This summer, the NBA is very likely to be suspended for the fourth time in history!
"It's really difficult." After listening to James' analysis, Ji Feng also understood that this time should be a big deal. Originally, he was still thinking about whether there was any chance to mediate, but now it seems that he wants to It is really difficult to solve this problem. After all, no one will give up interests easily.
"It's no wonder that Fisher asked everyone to wait a few days before going on vacation. It seems to have something to do with this matter." Ji Feng said, Lao Yu is now the chairman of the players union, and his task is not small.
"Then let's..." James was actually running around during this period. After all, Ji Feng had many players, and the suspension was related to their vital interests.
"Of course I stand with the players." Ji Feng said. There is no need to say more: "But I don't want to be involved in these things. If there is something, you can handle it. When the time is right, I can Come forward."