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...They declined by the thousands. "No one's declaring poverty here," says N.B.A. commissioner David Stern, who nonetheless points out that four teams lost money last season. "We want to negotiate an agreement that is fair to both the owners and the players...
...That is stern stuff, and an abiding challenge to the wayward flesh. But it's the easy part. The hard part is the social side of the Judeo-Christian ethic, meaning not how you treat the spouse and kids but how you conduct yourself in the world beyond the bedroom and the den. We don't hear about it so much since the word Christian began its oxymoronic partnership with the smug word right, but Scripture demands unstinting charity, if not all out dedication to the poor...
...these events were conveniently avoided by Stern and Co. during this week's negotiations, in their eagerness to avoid an embarassing lockout at a time when they could enhance their popularity in the professional sports void...
...sure that Sports Illustrated's cover from last spring, entitled "Why the NHL's Hot and the NBA's Not," wasn't too far from Stern's mind...
That wasn't all Stern forgot to bring up at the negotiating table...