>>Stern said both sides are “very far apart on virtually all issues. ... We just have a gulf that separates us.” ...With another work stoppage, the NBA risks alienating a fan base that sent the league’s revenues and TV ratings soaring during the 2010-11 season. And the cost of cancellations would be staggering. Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver said the league would lose hundreds of millions of dollars, while union executive director Billy Hunter estimated players’ losses at $350 million for each month they were locked out.
>>Now ushers, security personnel, parking lot attendants, concession workers, restaurant employees and others all stand to have their hours cut or join the country’s 14 million unemployed. A few teams also have already trimmed their staffs, and more layoffs could be forthcoming.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/10/10/sports/basketball/AP-BKN-NBA-Labor.html?_r=1&hp
Yippie Game time.
Tigers and Rangers on FOX.
Brewers and Cards on TBS.