From: nba.com
With Thursday's passing without a deal, the NBA is now officially locked out. For the first time in memory, two professional sports leagues (the NBA and NFL) are locked out at the same time The NFL had a two month head start on their lockout, and there is talk that their lockout will end soon.
The NBA, on the other hand, has lots of problems. While the NFL is America's most popular sport, and rakes in the money, the NBA has a broken financial model to fix. Something isn't right when two of the top five paid players in the NBA are Michael Redd and Rashard Lewis. Nearly 20 teams are losing money, reportedly.
The association had a good thing in the last month: growing ratings for the Finals, and high ratings for the draft, even though there wasn't a crop of brand-name rookies. It would be a shame to lose all that momentum with another labor stoppage. The NFL can take the hit and keep on ticking. The NBA? Different story...
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