http://aol.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2011-08-18/chinese-basketball-association-bans-out-clauses-in-contracts-with-nba-players
The Chinese Basketball Association which is government run has decided to ban opt out clauses. This means that NBA players who have contracts with years still on it are banned, because they would need a opt out clause for if & when the lockout ended. The reason they are doing this is because they want to focus on growing the Chinese game, and feel the the NBA stars would have hurt that. There are several reasons I disagree with this.
- NBA stars would help prestige. The CBA is not near as well known as the NBA or European league. This would increase known of it.
- Having NBA stars play against Chinese players would help Chinese players improve. The Chinese National team lost to Duke. Duke is good but they are still a college team.
- The CBA would make more money. nuff said.
- NBA players would remember the CBA kindness & who knows maybe when so are too old for NBA they will go be stars in China, instead of Europe.
- This rule seems to be & there is no proof of this,the CBA is helping the NBA. Or at the least the CBA is scared of upsetting the NBA.
- Finally, it looks like the CBA is trying to show its power. They might not want to do that. Yao Ming career ended early due to injury. Many people feel that one of the reasons that happened is because Chinese Basketball wanted Yao to play for the National team during the NBA off seasons. It might not be a good idea to look like control freaks. In My Opinion.
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