# Is the NBA lockout seriously jeopardizing the 2011-'12 season?

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**Created:** [August 11, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-nba-lockout-seriously-jeopardizing-the-2011-12-season/592306 "2011-08-11T04:56:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-nba-lockout-seriously-jeopardizing-the-2011-12-season/592306/15 "2011-08-11T17:49:30Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> Simple. just open the books and prove it. You can not claim you need to cut salaries because you are losing money and then refuse to prove it.

[Um… from a thread about this last week:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=618958)

> [@How will the basketball lockout turn out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-basketball-lockout-turn-out/591450/12):
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> The owners have opened their books to the players. They have provided the tax records of all 30 teams along with the league’s records to the player’s association.
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> There is some debate about what those records say exactly (because accounting procedures are debatable) but the players have all the information that they need.

While I expect the owners are trying to put the worst possible face on things and trying to make it sound like excessive salaries are the root of all their problems, I think the current salary system is not sustainable.

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