The Nba And The Great Recession: Implications For The Upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement Renegotiation, Matthew J. Parlow
Dec 2014
The Nba And The Great Recession: Implications For The Upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement Renegotiation, Matthew J. Parlow
Matthew Parlow
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 current business model and in the terms of employment for NBA players. Due to the precarious economic state of the NBA, the league anticipates a contentious, but necessary, renegotiation of the NBA's collective bargaining agreement (CBA), which will expire at the end of the 2010-11 season. This article will analyze the effects of the Great Recession on the NBA and the likely implications for the renegotiation of the CBA. Part II of …
Lessons From The Nba Lockout: Union Democracy, Public Support, And The Folly Of The National Basketball Players Association, Matthew J. Parlow
Dec 2013
Lessons From The Nba Lockout: Union Democracy, Public Support, And The Folly Of The National Basketball Players Association, Matthew J. Parlow
Matthew Parlow
By most accounts, the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) — the union representing the players in the NBA — conceded a significant amount of money and other contractual terms in the new ten-year collective bargaining agreement (2011 Agreement) that ended the 2011 NBA lockout. Player concessions were predictable because the NBA’s economic structure desperately needed an overhaul. The magnitude of such concessions, however, was startling. The substantial changes in the division of basketball-related income, contract lengths and amounts, salary cap provisions, and revenue sharing rendered the NBA lockout — and the resulting 2011 Agreement — a near-complete victory for the …
Issues Players Face With The Collective Bargaining Process, Matthew J. Parlow
Dec 2011
Issues Players Face With The Collective Bargaining Process, Matthew J. Parlow
Matthew Parlow
This presentation was originally delivered at the DePaul Journal of Sports Law & Contemporary Problems 2012 Symposium.
Professional Sports League Commissioners' Authority And Collective Bargaining, Matthew J. Parlow
Dec 2009
Professional Sports League Commissioners' Authority And Collective Bargaining, Matthew J. Parlow
Matthew Parlow
With the National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Football League (NFL) collective bargaining agreements set to expire within the next two years, many experts are already predicting what changes may be made to both leagues’ governing labor documents. One likely point of contention between the owners and the players’ unions — though rarely discussed in the experts’ predictive discourse — is the power of the respective league commissioners to punish or discipline wayward players for misbehavior committed off of the court or field. This article will analyze this area of sports law by exploring this power of each league’s sports …
