According to ESPN, however, in such a case, the league expects further economic losses of up to one billion dollars. The competition also reportedly told the clubs that if the season had to take place without spectators due to the coronavirus pandemic, it would mean a forty percent drop in revenue, about $ 4 billion.
“This topic is extremely complicated and there are a lot of things to consider. He’s working on it with a lot of heads on both sides, and it will take some time,” Indiana quarterback Malcolm Brogdon, who is also one of the players’ vice presidents, told the media.
The deadline for deciding on the conditions of the new season has been postponed for the fourth time since the beginning of the pandemic. The NBA and NBPA now have time to withdraw from the collective agreement by November 6. In that case, the contract would expire on December 14, unless the parties agree otherwise, the NBA said. The terms of the contract need to be adapted to the new situation, because the original agreement was concluded for the normal course of the season with the October start, spectators in the halls and the like.
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