By Codie Walsh
Staff Writer
It’s official: the first two weeks of the NBA 2011-2012
season have been cancelled. The fight for higher pay is now turning into a loss
of money for the NBA season. According to Forbes magazine, the NBA made $183
million before taxes; to the commissioners and players this is not enough. The
commissioners believe they did not make a large enough profit in the 2010-11
season and want to cut the players’ salary by a total of five million dollars.Both sides are refusing to negotiate.
What is driving them to forget about the fans, the joy of playing the game, and
the beauty that is the sport basketball, is simple: greed.
The green monster has taken control of these big moneymakers
like the monster in movie “The Thing.” The things humans pride themselves on:
empathy, logic and opposable thumbs, have been lost for the sake of money.
When the Lakers announced the decision to cancel the first
two weeks of the regular season on Facebook, the fans were outraged. “What
about the fans? I’m done with this! I’m going to watch hockey,” one fan
threatened.
All I ask is that the NBA realize the hurt they are
inflicting upon the fans. We don’t want to watch hockey, and you don’t want to
lose money. Please, do the smart thing and solve this problem before it’s too
late.
