DePaul Journal of Sports Law Volume 6 Issue 2 Spring 2010 Article 4 The NBA and the Great Recession: Implications for the Upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement Renegotiation Matthew J. Parlow Follow this and additional works at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/jslcp Recommended Citation Matthew J. Parlow, The NBA and the Great Recession: Implications for the Upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement Renegotiation, 6 DePaul J. Sports L. & Contemp. Probs. 195 (2010) Available at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/jslcp/vol6/iss2/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Law at Via Sapientiae. It has been accepted for inclusion in DePaul Journal of Sports Law by an authorized editor of Via Sapientiae. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE NBA AND THE GREAT RECESSION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT RENEGOTIATION Matthew J. Parlow* I. INTRODUCTION Like most businesses, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has suffered significant negative impacts from the Great Recession. The league's drop in revenue exposed distinct flaws in the NBA's cur- rent business model and in the terms of employment for NBA players. Due to the precarious economic state of the NBA, the league antici- pates a contentious, but necessary, renegotiation of the NBA's collec- tive bargaining agreement (CBA), which will expire at the end of the 2010-11 season. This article will analyze the effects of the Great Re- cession on the NBA and the likely implications for the renegotiation of the CBA. Part II of this article will provide a macro-level overview of the economic impacts experienced by the NBA during the current economic meltdown.