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It’s not good news for ABC/ESPN and Turner, who own the lucrative national TV broadcast rights to the league’s games and reaps millions in advertising — even more of late as NBA ratings have grown during the past few years. And it’s no picnic for teams, who have been slashing staff in anticipation. Despite plenty of bargaining sessions during the past few days, little progress has been made on a new labor contract, and there seems to be no common ground on which to build. If the owners’ lockout holds, expect a lot of college basketball and football to fill in the programming gaps. Here’s the release that the league just put out:
NEW YORK — The NBA announced today that it has canceled the first two weeks of the 2011-12 regular season because a new collective bargaining agreement has not been reached with the National Basketball Players Association. This cancellation includes all games originally scheduled to be played through November 14.
“Despite extensive efforts, we have not been able to reach a new agreement with the players’ union that allows all 30 teams to be able to compete for a championship while fairly compensating our players,” NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver said.
Refunds plus interest are available for all NBA season-ticket holders for all preseason and regular-season games that are canceled.
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Less traffic near downtown LA!
Uh? All of LA has traffic problems, silly.
Move to Bakersfield.
End pro sports in America. Maybe kids will stop dreaming of making millions playing with a ball, and start paying attention in school.
Interesting logic…
or they should go to Hollywood and make 15 million for a film that’s gonna flop.
Yea that’ll solve the problem you moron.. These comments just go to show what a terrible sports city L.A is.. No one cares. People would rather go to PETA meetings in their Prius to talk about the “real intent” of Terrance Malick’s latest film.
Good, cancel the whole season. Never cared for the sport anyway.
The thousands of people across the country who make their livelihoods off the NBA would disagree. I’m not talking about the rich players or the wealthy owners. I’m talking about the hundreds of people who work at the arenas. The people who work for the teams marketing, ticket sales, HR… departments. THe business around the arenas that have to lay off employees because there are no customers or cars. Hey I’m a wealthy ass owner… what can I do to prove to the fans that I could care less about them. I know let’s cancel the season because I’m afraid of losing less than 1% of my wealth this year.
There is a reason why I created an animated series called, NBA BABIES… Because they are just oversized babies in sneakers.
huh, babies? what are you talking about? they were locked out because the owners who are billionaires can’t manage. Hollywood actors, producers,etc get paid millions for films that do you not make any cash at all. at least the NBA is popular and had it’s highest ratings. babies, they;re in LA LA LAND sweet heart. over paid dudes who couldn’t put out a quality film if they’re life dependent on it and still get paid millions. NBA players get paid millions to entertain like other millionaire paying job, like other sports and entertainers. so shove it and stop trying to take money out of a black man’s mouth
NBA BABIES SUCK!!!!
Hey Chris, GREAT IDEA. I bet a producer for Comedy Central reads this story, then scrolls down to the comments and sees your brilliant plan for a show. I just hope he can get ahold of you before the other networks do.
How about a similar show about the owners? Maybe you could call it “The Greedy Doofuses Who Sign Marginal Players to Enormous Contracts Then Complain They Are Losing Money.”
Does anyone care?
Sadly, the only people that will get screwed are those that can least afford it, i.e. vendors, etc.
very true. hopefully the players and teams will find a way to take care of these people…
I thought the headline read “NBC Cancels….” They should…
OKay this is not a reason to riot.
Good. Tired of pro sports anyway. If I wanted to watch a bunch of millionaires dribbling and playing catch, I’d go to a gay bar in the Hamptons.
They still play basketball on TV? Stopped watching basketball, baseball and now football on TV. Waste of time. Of no interst. And while there are rabid fans out there who care, I don’t.
These guys should learn from Netflix who will never make up the 10 Billion in value they lost by raising fees..These moron basketball players will never make up the money they are losing
Bad advice goes a along way
Hey, while you’re at it, cancel Jimmy Kimmel before he can host those wretched pre game shows. Pure shit.
More eyes for hockey… I love it.
=/…..please save the rest of the season..
At first, I thought this said “NBC Cancels First Two Weeks of Season,” which actually would have been more appropriate.
Don’t forget about all the tv production crews who won’t be working hours broadcasting the games… And the concession people at the arenas…
Mavs championship reign continues!
When I first glanced at the headline, I thought it said “NBC Cancels First Two Weeks of Season.” Sure, the way things are going for NBC, why stop at just The Playboy Club and Free Agents? Demand a do-over.
Did anyone else read this as ‘NBC Cancels First Two Weeks Of Season’, expecting an artical from The Onion?
Here’s hoping the NBA goes bankrupt and folds. I find the WNBA to be more interesting most of the time. That’s not saying much for the NBA.
Cancel the whole season. Who gives a crap?
How can David Stern still have a job after doing this?
A battle of the wealthy over who gets to be richer while the rest of the country swirls further down the toilet.
May they remain “locked out” while I enjoy football…
Football is the better sport. Wade, Kobe, LeBron NBA and movie stars are arrogant.
Just can’t get interested when billionaire owners feud with millionaire players.
As much as some of the players are real morons…this LOCKOUT (it is not a strike…please people…lets cut the GOP class warfare jargon) is nothing more than owners with no business acumen trying to keep afloat something that they have been sinking
The real crux in this whole negotiation is that the owners want more of a percentage of all revenues….AFTER they collect the first 2 billion in revenues for themselves. In the old deal the NBA owners kept the first 1 billion in revenue
If this LOCKOUT continues…you may see a few of the teams fold. The New Orleans Hornets are pretty much owned and run by the NBA, and a few other teams are headed that way. And, where I am in Orlando, they could be holding the bag on a brand new arena with the main tennant (Orlando Magic) gone. Big waste of tax money