Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Yao Ming was still worried, but Qin Hao knew that the "labor-management negotiation" would soon have a result.

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

But now it’s October. According to previous years, the preseason has already started at this time. Next month should be the regular season. The NBA league is naturally anxious, and so are the NBA players.

During the lockout, the NBA has no profit. If the lockout continues, it will definitely lose a lot, 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 wages. 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 League finally chose to make concessions on the negotiation of the "salary cap".

The demands of the NBA players union are to implement a "soft salary cap".

The "hard salary cap" locks 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.

The NBA salary cap is multiplied by 44.74% of the projected BRI (one season's NBA basketball-related revenue) for the next season, then subtracted from the projected player benefits for the next season, divided by the number of teams in the league, and fine-tuned Then there is the salary cap.

The exact calculation is actually quite complicated, because it contains a lot of variables, but these are the variables the NBA players union wants, because it allows their salary to fluctuate with the NBA's earnings.

Assuming that the NBA's earnings will rise in the future, the salary cap will also rise, and their salaries will rise with it.

Of course, there are limits to the "soft salary cap".

The so-called "luxury tax" is generated based on the maximum amount of the "soft salary cap". If the salary of a team's players exceeds the "salary cap", it will exceed a certain percentage (generally, the luxury tax line will be the 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 of the various leagues, and to prevent some deep-pocketed teams from madly absorbing big-name stars, creating an overly luxurious lineup, and undermining the fair competition of the NBA.

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

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

If the "poor line" is not reached, for example, the "poor line" is $50 million. If a team's annual salary is less than $50 million, then the team needs to make up the remaining part, which will be distributed by the players union. , distribute the money to the current players on the team.

The "local 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 left unchecked, it can disrupt the balance of power in the league.

Therefore, there is a "local tyrant line". The so-called local tyrant line is another limit after a certain amount of luxury tax line is exceeded.

For example, the luxury tax line for this year is 70 million US dollars, then the "local tyrant line" may be 75 million US dollars. If a team exceeds this line, it will not only pay the luxury tax, but also be punished by the league.

Penalties include not being able to use the bi-annual exception, only using a smaller "middle class clause", not being able to use "sign-and-trade" to trade players, etc...

The NBA's labor-management agreement, the composition of players' salaries, the composition of the team's finances, various terms involving salaries, the team's salary cap, etc... These are very complicated, and many terms affect or restrict each other, so labor and management Negotiations will be difficult to reach.

Another point is "distribution of benefits".

This point contains 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 NBA teams. Some small markets and not rich teams, because they do not receive enough attention, their team-related income (BRI) is far less than the Lakers and Knicks. , the Bulls and some other big market teams.

In order to make these small market teams profitable and not lose money, the league has set up a "shared fund". Each team needs to inject a certain amount of money into it every year, and then according to the income of each team. The situation is distributed in inverse proportion.

To put it bluntly, it is robbing the rich to help the poor.

Take the money of the team that makes more money to distribute the money of the team that makes less money, so as to ensure the income of each team, that is, "benefit sharing".

So "labor-management negotiations" are actually extremely complicated, including negotiations between players and teams, negotiations between players and leagues, and negotiations between teams and leagues...

It's not surprising that it's so complicated that it can't be talked about for a few months.

However, Qin Hao knew that the "labor-management negotiation" would not drag on for a long time. After all, he had the memory of the previous life and he had foresight.

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In the blink of an eye, it's already mid-November.

Qin Hao counted the time and estimated that the "labor-management negotiation" would soon have a result. In his memory of his last life, the result of the "labor-management negotiation" was at the end of November. The two sides reached an agreement and the NBA was restarted. It should be about the same time now.

After all, Qin Hao, this little butterfly, only affects some people and things around him. It does not affect the general direction of the entire history 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 some time left, he returns to Yuyang City and plans to accompany his family.

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

The NBA "labor-management negotiation" has already come to a conclusion, the nab league and the players union have reached a consensus, and the "shutdown storm" that has lasted for more than four months has finally ended.

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

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Southern Province, the provincial capital International Airport.

Qin Hao and Jiang Xue brought a salute, Qin Hao's parents, Jiang Feng and Wang Lei came to see them off together.

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

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

Liu Huifang held her son for a while, and waited until the broadcast reminded him to board the plane before letting go. Jiang Feng and Wang Leichong waved and watched them walk into the boarding passage.

Soon, a plane took off from Southern Province International Airport and flew to Philadelphia, USA...

[Author's digression]: Ask for a silver ticket again!