The polls open on Wednesday. By Friday, we will have basketball. (Well, training camps and free agency, at least.)
That is the schedule for the week, according to Sam Amick of Sports Illustrated. After some marathon bargaining sessions over the weekend — 28 hours of talks over two days, a source told ProBasketballTalk — the NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement will be presented to players Wednesday for a vote.
With the tentative agreement expected to be ratified and training camps unofficially set to open Friday, the memo from National Basketball Players Association head Billy Hunter to players states that electronic voting will begin at 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday and continue until 4 p.m. Thursday. The NBPA will hold a meeting with players in New York on Wednesday to discuss the proposed CBA, as well as a conference call later that evening for those who can not attend. A “detailed term-sheet” of the CBA will be e-mailed to players by Wednesday as well.
The owners will have a separate vote to approve the deal.
The vote will not be unanimous on either side, but it is expected to pass easily. The labor deal is for 10 years but both sides have an opt-out after six years.