Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 875 Return to Philadelphia
Yao Ming is still worried, but Qin Hao knows that the "labour-management negotiation" will soon have a result.

After all, everyone was not in a hurry before, and the negotiations fell into a tug of war. It was because it was the offseason, and there were no games anyway, so the NBA was not in a hurry.

But now it is October. According to previous years, the preseason is about to start at this time, and the regular season should be next month. The NBA is naturally anxious, and so are the NBA players.

During the lockout period, the NBA has no income. If the lockout continues, it will suffer heavy losses, and it will seriously affect the image of the nba. Everyone is a businessman, and resuming the game is the top priority.

Of course, NBA players are also anxious. During the lockout period, they have no salary. Many players are old and young, and they are still waiting for money to support their families.

In the memory of Qin Hao's last life, the NBA chose to give in in the end when the "salary cap" was negotiated.

The appeal of the NBA Players Union is to implement a "soft salary cap."

The "hard salary cap" locks up the salary space, while the "soft salary cap" is more flexible. According to this regulation, the annual "salary cap" of each NBA team is floating.

nba's salary cap is multiplied by 44.74% by the predicted BRI (a season of NBA basketball-related income) for the next season, then subtracted the expected player benefits for the next season, divided by the number of teams in the league, and finally fine-tuned The last is the amount of the salary cap.

The specific calculation is actually very complicated because it contains many variables, but what the NBA players union wants is these variables, because this allows their salaries to fluctuate with the changes in the NBA's income.

Assuming that nba's future income will rise, the salary cap will also rise, and their salaries will also rise accordingly.

Of course, the "soft salary cap" is also limited.

The so-called "luxury tax" is based on the maximum amount of the "soft salary cap". If the combined salary of a team's players exceeds the "salary cap", it exceeds a certain percentage (generally speaking, the luxury tax line will be salary 120% of the cap, but there will be fluctuations), the team needs to pay the luxury tax to the league.

This is to balance the strengths among the various leagues, and to prevent certain rich and powerful teams from frantically absorbing big-name stars, creating an overly luxurious lineup, and destroying the fair competition of the NBA.

In fact, in addition to the well-known "luxury tax line", there are also "poor line" and "tyrant line".

The so-called "poor man's line" is to stipulate a lower limit that a team must pay in player salaries every year, that is, to force the team to spend money to build the team.

If the "poor man's line" is not reached, for example, the "poor man's line" is 5000 million U.S. dollars. If a team's annual salary is less than 5000 million U.S. dollars, then the team needs to make up the rest, and then the players union will distribute it , distribute the money to the current players of the team.

The "tyrant line" is a further restriction on the "luxury tax line".

Some teams have deep pockets and don't care about paying the luxury tax, but if they are not restricted, they will still destroy the balance of power in the league.

Therefore, there is the "local tyrant line". The so-called local tyrant line is another boundary after a certain amount exceeds the luxury tax line.

For example, if the luxury tax line for this year is 7000 million US dollars, then the "tyrant line" may be 7500 million US dollars. If a team exceeds this line, not only will it have to pay the luxury tax, but it will also be punished by the league.

The penalties include that the team cannot use the biennial exception, can only use a smaller "middle-class clause", cannot use "sign first and then trade" to trade players, etc.
The NBA's labor agreement, player salary composition, team financial composition, various clauses related to salary, team salary cap, etc. are very complicated, and many clauses influence or restrict each other, so labor negotiations are difficult to reach.

Another point is "benefit distribution".

This point includes two parts, one part is the "salary cap", which is directly linked to the players; the other part is the team's "revenue sharing", which is about the team.

The so-called "revenue sharing" of the team is to balance the strength of the various teams in the NBA. Some small ball markets and teams that are not rich, because they do not receive enough attention, their team-related income (BRI) is far inferior to the Lakers and Knicks. , Bulls and other teams in big markets.

In order to make these small ball market teams profitable, so as not to lose money and make money, the league has set up a "shared fund". The distribution is inversely proportional.

To put it bluntly, it is robbing the rich and helping the poor.

Take the money from the teams that make more money to distribute the money to teams that make less money, so as to protect the income of each team, that is, "revenue sharing".

Therefore, "labor negotiations" are actually extremely complicated, including negotiations between players and teams, negotiations between players and the league, and negotiations between teams and the league.
It's so complicated, it's not surprising that we can't talk about it for a few months.

However, Qin Hao knew that the "labour-management negotiation" would not drag on for a long time, after all, he had the memory of his previous life as a foundation, so he had a foresight.

In a blink of an eye, it has entered mid-November.

Qin Hao calculated the time, reckoning that the "labour-management negotiations" would come to fruition very soon. According to his memory in his last life, the "labor-management negotiations" came to fruition at the end of November. The two sides reached an agreement, and the NBA was able to restart. It should be about the same time now.

After all, Qin Hao, a little butterfly, only affects some people and things around him, and has no influence on the overall historical process of the NBA.

Therefore, the 2011-2012 season is destined to be a "shrinking season".

When the NBA restarts, Qin Hao will have to return to the United States. While there is still a period of time, he returned to Yuyang City, intending to spend time with his family. After all, after a while, he will not be able to return until he leaves for another half a year.

Only a week after returning to Yuyang City, Qin Hao got the news.

The nba "labour-management negotiations" have had results, the nab league and the players' union have reached a consensus, and the "shutdown storm" that lasted for more than four months has finally come to an end.

The "shutdown storm" has come to an end, and the new NBA season is about to start, which means that Qin Hao is leaving.

Nan Province, the provincial capital international airport.

Qin Hao and Jiang Xue brought salutes, and Qin Hao's parents, Jiang Feng and Wang Lei came to see him off.

Jiang Xue's affairs in China are almost too busy, and the domestic investment company has initially entered the right track, but something happened to the American company, and she needed to rush back, so she went with Qin Hao.

"Mom and Dad, you go back." Qin Hao said with a smile.

Liu Huifang held her son and told her for a while, and only let go when the broadcast reminded her to board the plane. Jiang Feng and Wang Lei waved at them and watched them walk into the boarding aisle.

Soon, a plane took off from Nanfang International Airport and flew to Philadelphia, USA
(End of this chapter)