"In 1890, the U.S. Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act, which regulated and sanctioned monopolistic behavior in the industry, showing that monopolies are sometimes not a good thing."

"The ABA, which was annexed by the NBA in the 70s, learned the ABA's three-point shot, brought in talented players like Julius Irving, and brought the NBA to life in the 80s."

"Now that everyone is getting bigger and bigger, the market value has reached hundreds of millions of dollars, the TV broadcast contracts are billions, and the players' salaries are getting higher and higher, often hundreds of millions, no wonder they are becoming more and more greedy."

"Isn't the league divided into east and west, the west is thriving, and the east is always losing, I think it's better to split the NBA, the west belongs to the west, and the east belongs to the east. Each has its own salary system and rules of the game to see who can attract superstars. And then every year, like the NFL, hold a world super championship game and go head-to-head, what do you think? ”

Facing Stern's gloomy eyes, Min Congda not only did not fear, but also began to make a lot of nonsense.

After saying this, the expressions of the bosses changed again and again, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

Stern said: "Smart, let me ask you, do you mean you want to start a new NBA?" Why don't you negotiate with Raheem Sterling and let the Clippers exit the league first? ”

Hearing Stern say this, Min Congda not only did not panic, but was very happy.

Drop out of the league? Does that count as a job completion?

If you can complete it, then quit and the task is over!

As a result, the system gives a prompt: [Quitting the NBA league cannot be regarded as bankruptcy and completing the task. 】

Sure enough, this dog system is not so easy for me to complete the task.

"Hey, David, I'm just joking, to lighten up the atmosphere. You see that you just quarreled like that, but nothing came of it, and I proposed a new plan, and everyone disagreed. ”

"I'm asking for your opinion on the shutdown, not for you to make any new plans, the new NBA, you figure out the situation!"

Stern knew that Min Congda was such a virtuous person, but this time the nonsense was really excessive.

It's not like no one wants to do something like this in the new NBA.

Isaiah Thomas once wanted to make a so-called "continental basketball league".

I want to do the NBA's minor league first, and then I have a chance to replace it.

Although Thomas is a league legend and a Pistons legend, it is a bit self-conscious to want to do such a thing.

But this group of owners in the NBA is different, in case some of them really want to pull the team out and start a league alone, it will be a catastrophe for the NBA, and it will definitely be an extremely huge survival challenge.

Min Congda is actually right, the NBA is in a monopoly position in the United States.

By siphoning outstanding basketball talents from all over the United States and even the world, the NBA will be built into the most professional, luxurious, and entertaining basketball league.

The high income of the NBA circle is built on this kind of talent monopoly, which catches up on outstanding young people.

After all of them are gone, there are not many people who can really stay, one radish and one pit, and many people have been eliminated.

It's true that the eliminated people are not good enough, but are there really more than 400 basketball players in the world who can play well and get high salaries?

Suppose there are multiple basketball leagues in the United States, competing with each other, maybe 1,000 or even more basketball players will survive in the high-level leagues.

If it's like in Europe, there are some minor leagues, sub-leagues, and more people can play.

It's just that the market is so big, there are more leagues, there are more players, the salary will be divided, and the competition for team survival will be more intense.

NBA players are among the highest average paid professional sports players.

Because the circle is small and the number of people is small, the No. 15 person of a team has a salary of more than 50 million US dollars.

NFL football teams have more than 50 players and MLB has 25, which allows both football and baseball to feed more players while the average salary is lowered.

The monopoly of the NBA allows players to enjoy high salaries, and also allows teams to share high broadcast income, and there is no promotion or relegation, so they can rest assured.

Once a new league is born, the attention and viewership of the bad team will drop further.

If you want to make money lying down, then the alliance low-interest loans, luxury tax subsidies, is impossible.

Then different leagues have different salaries, different contract systems, competing for players, competing for fan resources.

It's certainly a good thing for the fans, but for the team, the good days of monopoly and making money are over.

It's good for the players at the bottom, but for the superstars, the salary and status are going to drop significantly.

The more leagues, the more teams, the more players, the more difficult it is to make stars, and under fairer rules, some former low-level players also have a chance to defeat the so-called superstars.

All in all, this is absolutely disruptive for the NBA, and it will ruin all the work that David Stern has done in his nearly 30 years on the job.

Min Congda's words were relaxed, and Stern already broke out in two layers of cold sweat in his heart.

This dog thing, I don't know if he's really joking or fake.

Min Congda replied to Stern's question, "As a representative of the Clippers, I just talked nonsense. The opinion of our boss, Mr. Sterling, is actually in favor of the shutdown. Although the Clippers have made a profit in the past two years, if only some teams make a profit and most teams lose money, it is not a good thing for the development of the league. If you are not careful, you may really divide into different alliances in the future. ”

"So, it's better to take this opportunity to let the losing team get back to blood, and don't rush into the new season. Calm down with each other and negotiate a better collective bargaining agreement together. ”

Min Congda's words are quite pertinent, but they will definitely not be finalized.

Anyway, Min Congda's purpose is to stop so that the benefits of the new season can be reduced.

In case the shutdown is big and the NBA is put to death, it will be a great joy for everyone.

Whether or not to approve the shutdown is only the first topic of the meeting.

There are still many issues that need to be discussed and decided by the bosses.

It was destined to be a very long marathon session, which ran from half past two in the afternoon to half past five, with a temporary break for dinner.

After dinner, the meeting continued from six o'clock to eight o'clock, and the 30 delegates finally reached a preliminary consensus.

Approved the authorization of the collective bargaining committee, and if the collective bargaining on June 30 is unsuccessful, the new season will be officially suspended!

With this result, the meeting will end, and Min Congda sits on the stool and feels that everyone is a little prostration.

He had to admire the owners of the teams who were in their 50s, 60s, and even 70s.

People who can do this kind of super big boss, not to mention anything else, first of all, they are extremely energetic and have a great body.

After a five-hour meeting, it was like no one.

Min Congda is already a young man with good health, and compared to these old foxes, it is still almost meaningless.

As he walked out of the conference room, Mark Cuban, the host of the meeting, leaned in and put his arm around Min Congda's shoulders.

Cuban has had a smug season and has finally achieved his championship dream, sleeping with the O'Brien Cup.

Cuban also did not support the shutdown at this meeting, it was easy to win a championship, and the new season would raise the flag and award a ring, and it was completely gone?

He put his arms around Min Congda and whispered, "Smart, I think the one you said, the idea of making a new NBA is very interesting, should we talk about it privately?" ”

When Min Congda heard it, let's talk about it, what if something good happens?

"Of course, we can talk."

"No problem, I'll go to my villa later, and we'll talk about it later."

Some people died, but not completely......