NBA, union have productive meeting
MIAMI -- Commissioner David Stern felt there was progress. Union executive director Billy Hunter said he is "hopeful."
So a month before a potential lockout, there was some reason for optimism about the NBA's labor situation.
Representatives
of the league's owners and players met for about four hours Wednesday
and will get together twice next week in Dallas as they try to negotiate
a new collective bargaining agreement to replace the one that expires
June 30.
“
I'm hopeful, and we know that the pressure's building, and if anything's
going to happen, it's got to happen between now and (June) 30. And so
we're really going to make every effort to see if we can reach a deal.
”
-- Union executive director Billy Hunter
"I'm hopeful, and we know that the pressure's building, and if
anything's going to happen, it's got to happen between now and (June)
30," Hunter said. "And so we're really going to make every effort to see
if we can reach a deal."
Hunter previously said he was "99 percent" sure of a work stoppage, but
said there was a productive exchange of ideas in Wednesday's session.
"I
think we now know each other, and the question is what kind of
compromise the sides are prepared to make," Stern said. "It may not be
enough on either side, but we're going to give it a shot."
原本勞方的球員公會執行董事Billy Hunter 認為聯盟下一季將有99%的停擺可能, 但在經過長達4小時的會談之後, 他沒有發表類似的看法.
NBA總裁史騰認為這次的談話很有進展, 他們希望在6月30日之前達成新的協議.
下禮拜的兩次勞資談判將在達拉斯進行.
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