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Maybe he can't allow himself to acknowledge defeat in any way. Maybe that's not in him. But really, the only thing he has to lose is what's left of his reputation. He has three more years remaining on his contract at a minimum of $3.5 million (all terms US) a year. If the players want to punt him, all it will cost them is $10.5 million.
And considering what already has been lost, that might have been a wise investment nine months ago.
The deal the players will eventually agree to will roll their salaries back 24%, involve a sliding salary cap at limits lower than would have been negotiated in December and include the kind of linkage they fought so loudly against.
NO CAPITULATION
In other words, the players have lost at every turn, giving and giving and giving some more back -- and all along it was Goodenow who assumed rather inaccurately that the owners, as has been their custom, would capitulate.
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