“Local name, national Perspective” $4.95 © Volume 4 Issue 8 1998 NBA Draft Special June 1998 BASKETBALL FOR THOUGHT by Kris Gardner, e-mail:
[email protected] Garnett—$126 M; and so on. Whether I’m worth the money Lockout, Boycott, So What... or not, if someone offered me one of those contract salaries, ime is ticking by patrio- The I’d sign in a heart beat! (Right and July 1st is tism in owners Jim McIlvaine!) quickly ap- 1992 want a In order to compete with proaching. All when hard the rising costs, the owners signs point to the owners he salary cap raise the prices of the tickets. locking out the players wore with no Therefore, as long as people thereby delaying the start of the salary ex- buy the tickets, the prices will the free agent signing pe- Ameri- emptions continue to rise. Hell, real riod. As a result of the im- can similar to people can’t afford to attend pending lockout, the players flag the NFL’s games now; consequently, union has apparently de- draped salary cap corporations are buying the cided to have the 12 mem- over and the seats and filling the seats with bers selected to represent the his players suits. USA in this summer’s World Team © The players have wanted Championships in Greece ...the owners were rich when they entered the league and to get rid of the salary cap for boycott the games. Big deal there aren’t too many legal jobs where tall, athletic, and, in years and still maintain that and so what.