For the four major sports leagues in the United States, FL and NBA, Lu Ke regrettably missed it, and Curry became one of them.

In the United States, the NFL is the undisputed leader, and the other three leagues are almost at the head of the list, so any turmoil in the NFL will inevitably affect the interests of the other three major leagues. This year was no different, with the NFL officially announcing its shutdown on March 11, entering a period of stagnation in salary negotiations, and the shutdown of the nation's largest interest group, triggering a tsunami-like chain reaction.

The roots of the NFL's shutdown can be traced back to three years ago, on August 20, 2008, when Gene-Upsha passed away.

For the players in the NFL, not only did they lose a former top left guard, two-time Super Bowl winner, and a generation of legends for the Oakland Raiders; What's more, they lost a good leader. Since becoming president of the players' union in 1983, Upshaw has dedicated all of his life to fighting for the best of his players.

Although in the two negotiations with the team around 1987 and 1993, because of the wrong timing, the players' union missed many rights and opportunities, and was passive everywhere, so that the entire league has been paying for it since then, but after eating a trench and growing wise, Apshoe has become a vital presence in the league.

Over the course of 25 years, he helped hundreds of retired players secure pensions, and he changed many of the provisions of collective bargaining agreements, forcing team owners to give back to their players with more money from each season's earnings.

There is no doubt that in the history of the NFL, his achievements can be called among the top ranks; Moreover, in his dealings with the team and the league, he is always tough and wise, and always fights for more rights for the players.

Just days after Appleshaw's death, the owners of the NFL's 32 teams voted to opt out of the 2010 season under the collective bargaining agreement, which would result in an early termination of the 2011 season.

In other words, teams and players have to start a new collective bargaining agreement. For the team owners, the death of Upshaw means that the players' union will fall into a state of leaderlessness, and the chaotic union will not be able to resist the bosses' strength, which also makes the bosses bound to have an absolute upper hand in the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement -

Redivide the cake, and everyone is on the move.

In just two years, the new chairman DeMaurice-Smith did his best to mediate, but his ability could not match the strong influence of Upshaw, and he was never able to complete the transition as soon as possible, and began negotiations with the team owners, who still carried out their wishful thinking in early 2011, after the Super Bowl in February.

As with all the shutdowns, the two sides went through a long but similar process: negotiating, vetoing, changing the floor, negotiating again, and then the bosses announced the shutdown and announced to all the players:

"The league is shut down, now the players don't have games and no money to make, and, in the meantime, it's best not to look for a side hustle, if you get injured, after the shutdown is over, the existing contracts will be lost."

In the end, the two sides broke up and reached a stalemate.

On March 11, negotiations between the two sides broke down again, and the NFL officially entered a shutdown period.

In fact, there have been countless shutdowns in the history of professional sports in the United States, and one rule has never changed: the boss always has the upper hand.

Because at the end of the day, after the shutdown, those billionaire bosses are patient enough to wait slowly, and their biggest expense – player salaries, because the shutdown can temporarily stop paying, and the other costs are just a drop in the bucket for them.

But the players are different, the salary is all their income, and the advertising expenses are also stuck in the mud with the stalemate of the game. When the shutdown is extended, they will be unable to bear it. After all, superstars who can stand at the top of the pyramid are still a minority in the league.

But the 2011 NFL was a special case, and this time, the players had the upper hand.

In the end, after only one hundred and thirty-two days, the suspension was declared over before the start of the new season, and even the pre-season did not have any impact, which can be said to be completely calm, because all the players came together to challenge the team owner.

After the end of the players' union negotiations, the NFL players took back their players' union licenses, which meant they didn't have to go through the union to resolve the issue and then file a complaint in the district court on their own, allowing the force of the law to push the stalled negotiations.

What's more, the players are well aware that the NFL is currently the most profitable sports league in the world, and although they don't know how rich the owners really are, they are certain that they will not watch all the profits go down the drain.

Originally, the players were in a weak position, but this time in the midst of the shutdown they put on the right tough stance:

First, they are not greedy, they just fight for the benefits they deserve, and win sympathy in terms of public opinion; Second, the actions of the bosses in the past two years have been labeled as "misers" and "black-box operations" throughout the negotiation process, which has provided more explosive points for the media.

So, when the Minnesota District Court, after successive hearings, forced the NFL to restart negotiations, in fact, the players had already won. In the past, players could only speak when the boss nodded; And now, they have won the possibility of dialogue on an equal footing. In the end, the two parties achieved a win-win situation and signed a contract that was valid for ten years.

According to the new agreement, the team owners will receive 52 percent of the annual income, while the players are 48 percent, in the previous collective bargaining agreement, the bosses only earn 47 percent, which is also the root of the bosses to gnash their teeth, and the increase in the percentage of income is undoubtedly the most satisfying point for the bosses.

In this respect, the bosses won the negotiations, and the death of Apsio was still huge.

But the players also got what they wanted, and the team had to raise the salary cap, which is $120 million. At the same time, $20 million must be set aside for player benefits. Raising the salary cap means that most players will not be cut in their salaries and will get more guaranteed contracts.

This is the most immediate and urgent need for the players.

So, when NFL commissioner Roger Goodale joined forces with Players Union President Demoris Smith to declare, "Football is back!" 'It's a win for the team and for the players.

So, who loses?

Rookies.

Both the team and the players have won their own interests, and the wool must come out of the sheep, and this group of lambs to the slaughter is the rookies.

In this negotiation, the interests of the rookie players were completely betrayed, which was also a concession made by the players to the strong team owners.

Under the latest agreement, draft players can only have half the amount of their first contract. Last year's No. 1 pick, Sam Bradford easily got a six-year, $78 million rookie contract, including a $50 million guaranteed contract; And this year's top show, Cam Newton is only 22 million in four years, and the contrast is too obvious.

In addition, the amount of the rookie contract has been reduced, which has also affected the agent's income. Under the new agreement, the agent's commission for rookie players has been reduced from three percent to two percent.

Those who are sacrificed always have no right to speak.

However, the positive factor is that as long as the rookie players can perform well, their income will also increase exponentially after they leave the rookie contract. Overall, the team owners have earned more money, but the salary cap has also given the players more salary space, and it is indeed a win-win for both sides.

The NFL shutdown has officially come to an end in the early days of July, and it has had little impact on this year's season, except for the cancellation of the annual Hall of Fame showdown.

In other words, as an undrafted rookie who has just joined the league, Lu Ke has not been able to find a team that accepts him, and the suspension has already ended, so Lu Ke is not involved at all.

But Curry is different.

After witnessing the success of the NFL's shutdown, the NBA, which is also facing the expiration of its collective bargaining agreement this year, is also following suit.

On May 27, 2011, the NBA Players' Union formally filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Labor Arbitration Board, accusing the NBA of using intimidation and threats to force the players' union to sign a new collective bargaining agreement that was unfavorable to the players. After several negotiations, the two sides were unable to reach a consensus, and finally, the shutdown officially entered on July 1.

Interestingly, the NBA followed in the footsteps of the NFL, and even the strategy adopted during the shutdown was largely the same, and in the end, the NFL achieved promising results, and the NBA injected a shot in the arm to win more players.

However, when the NFL ended its shutdown, ESPN's sports experts noted:

The NFL's case doesn't apply to the NBA, and fans don't think the NBA will borrow the NFL's model for a Hollywood-esque fairytale ending. Because the advantage was always in the hands of the players throughout the NFL shutdown, but in the NBA battle, the owners were die-hards and refused to compromise anything.

The NBA owners refused to compromise and dragged their feet on the way to the start of the season, which lasted until the end of November, when the two sides completed all the negotiations and officially ended the shutdown.

On December 9, the free market and training camp officially opened; On December 25, the first race of the season officially kicked off.

For the young Curry, he couldn't help at all in the negotiations, and at the same time was trapped by his own injury, after experiencing the ups and downs of the entire league, the mood was inevitably ups and downs, swaying, until now, Curry finally began to prepare for the season opener, so Lu Ke will have the question just now.

"Not as excited as I thought, but ...... I'm still starting to get excited. Curry said.