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翻譯 By Eritrea


Could free agency be delayed by the NBA's appeal of the recent Bird Rights
arbitration hearing?

最近NBA對鳥權聽證會重新提起上訴，自由球員市場的交易進行是否可能因此而被延遲?


It's possible. The NBA Players Association could request an injunction on
behalf of the players involved, including Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak, to delay
free agency until the appeal process is completed.

這是有可能的。 NBA可能要求對相關球員發出禁令，包含林書豪和Novak，都可能因為身處

自由球員市場而被推遲交易，直到上訴過程結束為止。

(注:應該是指全聯盟的自由球員而非個別球員,原翻譯有點小誤)

The NBA's appeal could take weeks, possibly months, according to several people
with knowledge of the situation on both sides. A panel has to be assembled, the
sides have to present their cases and a decision has to be rendered after
review. This isn't something that comes together quickly and with July 11 --
the first official signing day -- just over two weeks away, there is little
chance for closure on this issue in time.


根據知情者的分析，NBA的上訴過程需要數週甚至數月，必須召集陪審團，兩造都必須好好

呈現他們的立場，並在重新檢視後做出決定。這並不是一件可以在7/11(第一個正式的官方

簽約日)前很快解決的事，上訴時間只要超過兩週，在7/11前完成結案的機率就非常小。


The union would not want to open free agency without a resolution and,
privately, the Knicks would prefer to wait until they have a definitive answer
so they can execute the proper offseason plan. In the midst of an appeal, the
CBA says the Knicks need to follow the letter of the law until further notice.
That means they would have to use their Mid-Level Exception to re-sign Lin,
which could lead to them losing out on other impact free agents, such as Jason
Kidd or Lamar Odom.


聯盟在尚未尋求到解決方式前，不希望打開自由球員市場，就尼克而言，他們會希望等待到

確切的答案，這樣才可以適當的執行他們再非賽季時的計畫(譯註：就我的理解應該是，可

能會依球員不同，在練習及戰術等安排上有所區別)。在上訴過程中，勞資協議認為尼克必

須要遵守目前的條文規定，直到出現鳥權新的安排為止。這表示她們必須使用中產特例來簽

林書豪，這可能讓他們無法簽其它具有影響力的自由球員，像是Jason Kidd 或Lamar Odom
。


What if the appellate panel upholds the decision of arbitrator Kenneth Dam? The
NBA would have a major controversy on its hands. Sure the Knicks may have their
MLEs back in play, but what if all their top priority targets were already
signed elsewhere?


如果上訴機構中的仲裁者Kenneth Dam支持這個決定怎麼辦？ NBA即將面對許多的爭議。當

然尼克可能可以在之後使用他們的中產簽自由球員(譯註:意思是指用早鳥權簽林的情況下)

，但萬一他們首選的自由球員因此被別隊簽走怎麼辦？


So rather than halt the free agency season while arguing over a definition (the
word "trade" as used in the collective bargaining agreement) and negatively
impact a franchise's ability to conduct business, the best case scenario for
everyone involved is for the NBA and NBPA to meet and negotiate a settlement in
this case.

所以與其在爭論定義時停止自由球員市場的交易，讓機構無法運轉而產生許多負面影響，對

大家而言最好的決定應該是NBA和NBA球員工會對此件事召開會議，並達成協議。 (譯註：省

去上訴等法律過程的時間，減少自由球員市場無法運轉的影響)


One reasonable resolution could be for the NBA to grant the arbitrator's
decision be effective strictly for the 2012-13 season, if the NBPA accepts that
henceforth, the accepted rule is that Bird Rights transfer only via trade and
not via waivers.


It is such a rare case that we may never see this come up again anyway. Players
claimed off waivers don't usually develop a value where Bird Rights are an
issue. But this season the emergence of Lin and Novak have created such a
scenario, so a one-time exclusion may become the only time it ever comes up
again.

我們可能將不會再看到這種爭論的產生。因為被揮棄的球員通常不會被認為富有價值，足以

享有鳥權。但本季林書豪和Novak的崛起創造了這樣的一幕，所以這難得一見的場景也將可

能成為唯一一次的場景。



The NBA had the right to appeal the decision and followed standard operating
procedure. There is a dangerous precedent that could be set by this result
because it would open the door for other ambiguities in the CBA to be
challenged by the union. The league could not afford to shrug off the decision;
especially one that it felt was not an ambiguity.

The NBA feels confident about the appeals process, but as one league source
told me, "We didn't think we'd lose in the first place." The league fought the
Chris Dudley trade to the Knicks in 1997 and after it lost in arbitration --
coincidentally Kenneth Dam presided over that as well -- the NBA appealed and
the decision was upheld.

This time around, with so much uncertainty and too many variables, it seems
unlikely that this appeal will ever reach full execution. The sides simply need
to get together and, as they did so often six months ago, negotiate a
settlement.



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FIXINS

‧ Linsanity has gone from a hashtag that trended world wide to an officially
registered trademark in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. As reported by
the New York Times, Jeremy Lin in February filed to register "Linsanity." He is
now the owner of his own brand and you can expect it to re-emerge with ubiquity
by next season as his newly-hired marketing agent, Jim Tanner, will be in
charge of growing Linsanity to Air Jordan levels around the globe. You know
what would be great? If Lin grew to a similar level on the court.

*Linsanity即將從風靡全球的標籤正式成為美國專利商標局的一個註冊商標。根據紐約時報

報導，林書豪在二月時申請註冊”Linsanity”一詞。他現在是他自己品牌的擁有者，而且

他下季與知名經紀人Jim Tanner簽約，他是一位可以在全球將林瘋狂助長到喬丹那種高度的

經紀人。你知道這將會有多棒嗎?當然前提是林書豪下季必須和本季擁有相似的表現才行。



原文網址:
http://www.msg.com/blogs/alan-hahn/an-appeal-for-bird-rights-settlement.html





結論:

這篇是MSG官網ALAN寫的...大家自己衡量一下XD



1 有可能沒搞好在上訴期間




2 有可能要求說自由球員市場延緩開市

  所有自由球員都會受到影響 這樣應該會變成公敵吧= =



3 聯盟和球員工會談判...就今年特例...因為過往幾乎沒有這樣的球員

  (除了被特赦的...)


4 聯盟真的完全不希望CBA的洞一直被鑽...所以要死命抵抗







※ 編輯: yun0215         來自: 175.180.109.14       (06/26 16:37)
※ 編輯: yun0215         來自: 175.180.109.14       (06/26 16:52)

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