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Economic Parity Vs. A Competitive Playing Field

Jeffrey Morton of SB Nation’s Nuggets blog Denver Stiffs has wrapped up his series of posts on collective bargaining issues in the NBA. This time, he looks at the NHL model and explains why, if it were adopted in the NBA, it doesn’t guarantee a better financial outlook.

↵↵While these small market teams would definitely get a competitive playing field under their most recent proposal, economic parity (as we have seen) is far less assured by just cutting the bottom line.

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