by Kevin L. Davis (@EsquireSports)
While speaking to an audience composed mostly of lawyers at the American Bar Association, Billy Hunter said what most of us have expecting all season - that chances are the upcoming season will be cancelled as this labor dispute drags on. Although this statement has been repeated time and time again over the last year or so, I believe this is the first time that Hunter has stated publicly that he expects the season to be cancelled.
Hunter went on to point to what he views as the problem leading to the more contentious manner behind this whole labor dispute, the changes in the constituency of ownership. At one point Hunter said "[i]n the last six or seven years, there is a new group of owners to come in who paid a premium for their franchises, and what they're doing is kind of holding his feet to the fire."
Whether you agree or disagree with these tactics at this point it seems clear that if there is no resolution soon the true losers here will be the fans.
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