Word: lockouts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...YORK--In a big victory for NBA owners, an arbitrator yesterday rejected the union's grievance that 226 players with guaranteed contracts should be paid during the lockout...
...decision by John Feerick came on the 111th day of the lockout, which has caused the league to cancel the first two weeks of the regular season...
...union claimed that the absence of lockout language in the standard player contract meant the owners were liable for guaranteed salaries...
...owners argued that the right to withhold pay by imposing a lockout was a tenet of labor...
...most team owners have already made fortunes in other industries. Similarly, marquee hoopsters like Gary Payton can probably count on millions from endorsements whether they play or not. A court-appointed arbitrator will soon rule on whether 230 players with guaranteed contracts must be paid in spite of the lockout, and that could put pressure on the side that loses to settle the dispute. Or, this being America in the '90s, the owners and players could decide to spend the season in court instead...