vote on
. It would
allow for
a seventy-two game season beginning December fifteenth.
Derek Fisher is the union president.
DEREK FISHER: "On the main six or seven issues, I'm not sure that we can say on any one of them, the NBA came
all the way
to what we like them to come to. All I can say is that on a couple of the issues, there was some revision, there was some change in their position from the last proposal that we saw."
NBA Commissioner David Stern said the owners would
await
the decision from the players union next week.
DAVID STERN: "There comes a time when you have to be through negotiating and we are.''
The season was supposed to have started November first. The
dispute
centers on
basketball-related income. Owners want fifty percent of the
revenue
while players want 52.5 percent.
Owners say the NBA lost three hundred million dollars last year. They say just eight of the thirty teams earned a profit.
And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Christopher Cruise.
难点注释
governing board:理事会,董事会
be accused of: 被指控,被控告犯有
law enforcement: 法律的实施
vote to: 投票做某事
vote on: 就……投票
effective immediately: 立即生效
aim to: 目的在于;针对
home game:主场比赛
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