The Nba Lockout

Page 1 of 4 - About 40 Essays
  • Free Essay

    The Nba Lockout

    The National Basketball Association (NBA) Lockout HRMG 5930 Strayer University October 08, 2012 Abstract While there were many who might have been sick of the whole NBA lockout fiasco, and were thinking the NBA lockout may have been a bad thing for all parties involved…it was clear that the lockout not only effected the fans, it also had a lasting effect on many people behind the scenes as well. From the people like the office assistants who did a lot of the scheduling of games, marketing

    Words: 4193 - Pages: 17

  • Premium Essay

    Nba Lockout

    Adam Rubenacker Mrs. Ellis English 1101 24 October 2011 The Comparison of Two NBA Lockout Articles The NBA lockout is when the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the NBA and the NBA Player's Association (NBAPA) expires. It began on July 1, 2011 and has resulted in the cancellation of regular season games. The NBA wants to implement a "hard" cap and decrease the salary cap, below $50 million. In the meantime, players cannot get signed, teams cannot report to training

    Words: 1331 - Pages: 6

  • Premium Essay

    Nba Lockout

    Harrison Nguyen December 1, 2011 Business Law 320 2-3:15 Cardinale NBA Lockout Every major sports league in the United States of America is a billion dollar revenue business. In a poll by Gallup, they surveyed that around roughly 65% of American citizens are sport fans. Basketball is a very complicated business with many different entities involved in its establishment. There are over 360 athletes playing in the NBA and each and every one of them must have a contract to be able to play.

    Words: 1735 - Pages: 7

  • Premium Essay

    Nba- Sports Mgt

    The recent National Basketball Association lockout captured nationwide attention. NBA ownership and its players fought for what each thought was best. The players were fighting to protect what they already had, while the owners tried to protect their investments in each franchise. If you own a television chances are high that you probably were aware of the recent lockout of players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). There were many complex issues surrounding both sides regarding this

    Words: 1398 - Pages: 6

  • Free Essay

    Preparing the Players

    The NBA is currently in the midst of a work stoppage that is threatening the entire 2011-2012 NBA season. This work stoppage has been all over the news in the sports world and has focused criticism on both the players and owners. The owners are seen as being greedy and playing the role of billionaires simply trying to maximize their profit, and the players are seen as being millionaires who are equally greedy and only care about making money. The news and players will have you believe that it is

    Words: 1522 - Pages: 7

  • Free Essay

    Determinants of Basketball Salaries

    topic interesting because I have always been a huge fan of basketball. When I was younger i used to also wonder why only certain players had their jersey's sold in stores. Another interesting fact about this topic is that, recently there had been a NBA lockout. This drawn out situation had fans wondering how long basketball would be on pause for. When it comes to the salary of basketball players, variables that I would like explore that i feel that salary is dependent on are Age, Experience, nationality

    Words: 423 - Pages: 2

  • Free Essay

    Forum 2c

    The 2011 NBA lockout was the fourth lockout in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The owners began the work stoppage upon expiration of the 2005 collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The 161-day lockout began on July 1, 2011 and ended on December 8, 2011. It delayed the start of the 2011–12 regular season from November 1 to December 25, and it reduced the regular season from 82 to 66 games. The previous lockout in 1998–99 had shortened the season to 50 games. During the lockout

    Words: 392 - Pages: 2

  • Free Essay

    Dave

    ternational influence Further information: List of foreign NBA players Following pioneers like Vlade Divac (Serbia) and Dražen Petrović (Croatia) who joined the NBA in the late 1980s, an increasing number of international players have moved directly from playing elsewhere in the world to starring in the NBA. Below is a short list of foreign players who have won NBA awards or have been otherwise recognized for their contributions to basketball, either currently or formerly active in the league:

    Words: 1873 - Pages: 8

  • Premium Essay

    Labor Relations

    People within organizations are asked to complete different tasks daily, without any clue of how these tasks are formed. Some leaders give their employees task an explain the direction, others demand perfection from these employees creating a disconnect between the leader and the subordinate. When leaders are in charge of forming a team, he or she must include each member of the section as an intricate portion of the critical decision making process, but sometimes the team needs additional help

    Words: 891 - Pages: 4

  • Premium Essay

    Jeremy Lin Persuasive Speech

    is this guy you may ask, and where did he come from? He’s gained stardom in such a short period of time, 3 weeks and counting. Well we’re going to learn about his childhood life, his college career and lastly we’ll talk about his astonishing rise to NBA stardom. He’s breaking barriers and making history. First let’s jump right into his background I. Early Life of Lin A. Lin was born in 1988 Los Angeles California. And was raised in a Christian family in the San Francisco bay area. Chinese/Taiwanese

    Words: 1053 - Pages: 5

Previous
Page   1 2 3 4