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schtevie wrote:If monopsony doesn't annoy you, fair enough....

I'm not an economist, but I think it's a pretty classic Bilateral Monopoly, no?

If anything, my guess is that that there are net revenues on this account. Just because the NBA is able to break even or make money off of something doesn't mean that a theoretical player's league could—at least not for a long time. It's a little naive to think that a brand new player-league would ...

90% of their own league (or whatever they could manage) would be much much less profitable for current players than 50% of the NBA. The overhead costs would be enormous, and the appeal (comparatively) limited. Tactically, however, the players should be doing everything they can to make the *threat* ...