Are The NBA Owners At Fault?

So, the NBA owners want more money and want the players to make less. Of course, that's the mindset of corporations, we'll take the majority of the money, although people are paying money to see the players. Without the players, no money will be made, so you'd think there would be a middle ground. Of course, the players wouldn't make the type of money they make if the owners didn't agree with paying them this way.

There was actually a time when owners and coaches ran their teams. There was even a time when players made less than the coaches. But, as the owners and the leagues started to realize that the players ARE the game, they started paying them an enormous amount of money simply because they could afford to and with the presence of the players, it  yielded them even more money! So, the philosophy shifted and rightfully so. 

Then it is to a point where players started making personnel requests and changes. If the star player doesn't like the coach, the coach is removed, although the coach's job was to manage that team and the players but with a reversal of mindsets, it's the other way around. Michael Jordan, Jason Kidd and many others had their coaches changed to satisfy their egos and philosophies. So, I don't understand why the same owners who pay the players, hire the coaches and sets the tone of the team, is against keeping the very same system they created, that made them a countless amount of money, the same.

It's become rather ridiculous for LeBron James and now, Carmelo Anthony to basically control their own fate (For the record, I'm NOT mad at anyone who is able to do so, no matter how foolish the system is) and make the owners lap dogs for their service and then the owners turn around and say that this can't happen on a regular basis. In other words, it can't happen if I can't land the top prize. This wasn't an issue last year when the teams that wanted LeBron were chasing him and the 2 New York/New Jersey team owners are looking rather foolish in their pursuit of Carmelo Anthony right now. THIS is the reason the league is looking the way it looks now!

If you want to 'restore' order to any process you create, you have to lead by example. Don't complain about the players making too much money but it doesn't count when you are bidding for the services of that same player.

Nuff CED....