shakes said:Because there is no way an arbitrator would find that the League bargained in good faith. Bargaining is not just This is our only offer. take it or leave it.
true but if you take everything else (or close to it) and change one thing then you are bargaining. just because you were first to start the process doesn't mean that you must accept everything (i.e. tax)
I believe if the players get real on the tax like making it 75 cents on the dollar and the owners start it at 31 million (with tax money going to teams under cap) then I think we will have a cap. include share of gate income and you have a cap right there ....
you could even base the non tax money on total income of the league divided by 30 team at then remove players share.
i.e. if the total income of the league is 2,100,000,000 (that is 2.1 billion)
divide by 30 (teams)
players get 50% of that income before the tax starts which means the starting tax would be at 35 million for each team. seems fair to me.