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aepps20 wrote:
If this were Stern from two years ago I'd say he'd have a few concessions in his back pocket, but this generation of owners have taken all of his power away. Stern has essentially been reduced to an errand boy.
Disagree with you. These newer owners don't lord over Stern. He owns the league. He was an extremely smart lawyer in his younger days & is arguably the best modern commissioner of any of the pro sports.
Stern is a straight up storm trooper & he has to be. The economic landscape has forever changed & will not survive using anything remotely close to the current business model.
Shoot, we may eventually see the season shortened & several teams contracted once the lock out ends. No one is buying tickets to an 82 game season & companies aren't buying corporate boxes or seats for NBA games. The NBA revenue streams have shrunk quite a bit & Stern knows this so he's moving to make agressive changes now.