As Richard expected, he and Jordan wanted to take over the New Army, but it was not as easy as Jordan thought.

NBA headquarters in New York, in Stern's office.

"Mr. President, Jordan called just now about the expansion of the army." Xiao Hua stood in front of Stern respectfully and reported to Stern.

Stern frowned.

"Michael? Hasn't he recognized the reality yet, hasn't he told him? He didn't stand a chance! Stern said with a smile.

If Jordan has enough money and has a good team management ability, then Stern may still want to hand over this new team to Jordan to take care of.

But at the moment, Jordan is not financially enough, and second, his management ability is not good, so Stern definitely can't agree to Jordan.

Besides, even if Stern agreed, the owners of the other teams probably didn't agree.

The reason is simple, this matter is in the interests of these bosses.

Many of the benefits of each team are pooled by the league and then distributed equally.

If this new army keeps losing money, it is estimated that the profits of the teams will be reduced, and they naturally do not want to see this happen.

Jordan has profoundly proved that he is really not the material for choosing people!

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After listening to Stern's words, Xiao Hua shook his head with a wry smile.

"Mr. President, now things have changed, and Jordan has pulled a person on his side......"

"Huh? Pulled up a guy? Who ......" Stern looked at Xiao Hua vigilantly, and the face of a villain suddenly popped up in his mind, who was it not Richard......

At the previous All-Star Game, he also watched the live broadcast and saw the scene of Jordan shaking hands with Richard, and he was already chuckling in his heart.

"Richard!" Xiao Hua directly reported Richard's name.

Stern's face suddenly turned from white to red, and then from red to white......

"Damn! Why is there such a Richard ...... everywhere?"

"What did Jordan say?" Stern asked eagerly.

"He said that he was ready to work with Richard to host the new army, and the two of them opened five to five in terms of capital verification, and each took out 150 million US dollars in cash, and then the equity was also divided in half!"

"In terms of team management, the construction of the team's squad is fully handled by Richard."

Xiao Hua relayed all Jordan's original words to Stern, which immediately made Stern a little painful......

Looking at this posture, Jordan and Richard have obviously planned it.

The two sides even arranged the distribution of equity!

For a moment, Stern was thinking about how he could stop this.

He didn't want Richard to get involved in the new army, although he also knew that if Richard and Jordan came to host the new army, there would be absolutely no reason to lose money.

But he just didn't want Richard to be in the NBA's real talker.

At the moment, Richard is just the management of a team, and he has already made himself scorched, if he becomes the owner of a team, then what will he do?!

But even if he didn't want to, Stern thought about it for a moment and found that he had no way to stop the combination of Jordan and Richard.

The combination of these two is simply invincible......

On the issue of race, Jordan is black and Richard is yellow, and no one can find fault in this regard.

In terms of profitability, this has Richard, plus Jordan, a living sign, it must not be bad.

In terms of financial resources, everyone said that the two of them were 150 million each, and it was obvious that they were also prepared.

If Stern had full control over this, he would have eliminated the two and appointed Robert Johnson as the boss of the New Army.

But now he really can't make full decisions!

For such a big event, it must be voted on by all NBA management and all bosses, and then the final winner will be chosen.

If Jordan and Johnson really compete alone, then it is estimated that Jordan will lose completely.

But now Jordan is tied to a Richard, and it's completely different......

Even if Stern doesn't like Richard, he knows very well how terrible Richard is in this alliance.

When the time comes, Johnson will not be Richard's opponent at all.

This made Stern let out a long sigh, how could a tricky commodity like Richard come out of nowhere......

Since Richard entered the league, he doesn't seem to have had a few days of comfortable life!

Now, even if he wants to prevent Richard from joining the new army, he has no way at all......

"No, is Richard qualified in the expansion of the army? He doesn't seem to be qualified to ......" Stern got to the point.

Xiao Hua shook his head, "Mr. President, he is qualified. ”、

"The rules say that players can't be owners or managers of the team, but they don't say that managers can't be owners, and Richard is completely in line with the rules, and of course, when he actually gets the qualifications to expand the team, he will definitely have to leave the team."

Xiao Hua's words sound rather tongue-twisting, but the meaning is simple and clear.

That is, Richard is not a player, and the league has no control over his movements......

"Then there is a rule that restricts the management of the team from owning all or part of the team's equity!" Stern's mind really brightened, and he thought of the best way to deal with it in a short period of time.

He had even figured out that this new rule was called Richard's Law No. 3!

But Xiao Hua shook his head with a wry smile, obviously feeling that Stern's plan was a bit unreliable.

"Mr. President, if you do this, I'm afraid the owners of the teams will be unwilling, many of them have positions in the team, if this rule is introduced, they may have to resign and hire another management."

"It's going to increase their costs, and they're definitely going to object to it."

As Xiao Hua said, many team owners or shareholders are actually part-time managers in the team.

At present, if this rule is introduced, it means that these bosses or shareholders will have to resign, and they will have to recruit for vacant positions.

The salaries of the management are quite high, which invisibly increases the cost of these teams.

In a big-ball market like the Lakers or the Knicks, people don't care, they don't care about that money.

But some teams in the small ball market are already overstretched, and now Stern wants to increase the team's operating costs, so it's no wonder they can be happy!

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Stern was dumbfounded, he ignored the problem, good guy, do you want that kid Richard to become the owner of an NBA team?!

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"Well, don't restrict shareholders from part-time management, but restrict access to the coaching staff, it's always okay, right?"

"There's no shareholder in the league to coach the team right now, and I don't think they're going to turn it down!"

Stern can't make one move, and if he makes another move, he has to give Richard some eye medicine anyway, and he can't just sit in the position of the team owner so comfortably.

Xiao Hua nodded, this is okay......

But this rule is completely meaningless, if you don't let Richard be the head coach, is he really so honest and not involved in the team's affairs?

He could have sat right next to the team's bench while the game was playing, like the Mavericks' Mark Cuban......

Even in the previous NBA, there were team owners who sat directly in the middle of the team's bench and sat with the players.

Even if Richard is not in a coaching role, he can still influence the game on the sidelines.

So this rule is completely to take off your pants and fart, and do it too much.

However, since Stern wants to introduce this kind of rule, there is nothing harmful to the interests of the alliance, and Xiao Hua has no need to dissuade him.

"Then let's make it, this rule is called Richard's Law No. 3!"

Stern was all smiles......

Early the next morning, the latest news was officially announced, and to be precise, the latest rules were introduced.

"Richard's Rule No. 3: Shareholders of a team who own all or part of the equity are not allowed to join the coaching staff of their team or other teams!"

As soon as this news came out, the whole league was dumbfounded......

There is nothing wrong with the rules, there is no conflict with the players or the owners of the teams, the main thing is that the name of the rule is problematic.

Richard's Rule of the Three?!

What does this have to do with Richard, he doesn't seem to have any stake in the team at the moment, how can the league name this new rule after him?

The vast majority of people are ignorant and confused, but the really top leaders in the alliance are frowning.

They knew the news of the league's imminent expansion, and the owners of all teams knew that if they didn't give their heads, how could Stern go for expansion.

Now that such a law has suddenly been promulgated, it can explain a lot of problems.