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‘Full-blown’ NBA bargaining sessions scheduled by The Sports Network
Speaking before Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday, Stern said the first session will take place Wednesday in Miami, and two more days are scheduled for next week in Dallas.
A week after the NBA players’ association filed an unfair labor charge against the league, arguing that the NBA’s lockout threat was unlawful, Stern said it would be challenging to reach a deal before the CBA expires June 30.
“I guess I would say to you that it’s going to be a challenge to the NBA owners and the union to reach the right deal so that this success that we’re having can continue,” Stern said.
He said at issue is “whether the owners and the players will be bold enough to do what has to be done here to keep this sport on the track that it is on now, which is straight up.”
Stern said the league learned of the unfair practice charge on the way to a negotiating session last week where the players were to deliver some ideas. The sides then agreed to the upcoming negotiating sessions.
With the current NFL lockout casting a long shadow, Stern wouldn’t speculate on the chances the NBA would see a lengthy lockout of its own.
“I don’t even want to make guesses, because I know that both sides will make their best offers before the lockout, because if they don’t, than there’s going to be a lockout that would be destructive [to] our business from the owners’ perspective and the players’ perspective,” said Stern.
“So that’s why we’ve scheduled these sessions, and we’ll schedule more, because we want to face this issue, being not making a deal together with as many players and owners as we can gather in.”
One of the more stable pro leagues, the NBA hasn’t seen a labor dispute interrupt play since the start of the 1998-99 season was pushed back from November until early February due to a lockout.
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