Chapter 494: Seizing the Opportunity (Unity)_2

They believed this was the reason for the continuous losses incurred by the teams.

But their demands weren't just about reducing the players' revenue share.

Several new demands proposed by Stern include:

Under the new collective bargaining agreement, players would take 47%-51% of the basketball-related income each season; a hard salary cap like in the NFL;

Elimination of various exceptions to the salary cap (including Bird rights);

Each contract to have a maximum of four years of guaranteed money;

If this new collective bargaining agreement passed, all players in the league would have to renegotiate their contracts.

"Why don't you just go all the way and eliminate free agency altogether," Fisher asked with a smile, "and take us back to the 60s."

The league's new demands hit the players' union's G-spot, each one of them.

Historically, each issue was worth a lockout.

But now all were raised at once, did they not want to reach a deal?