NEW YORK (AP) — NBA players and owners are meeting
with a federal mediator, and Commissioner David Stern believes more games could
be canceled if there isn't movement toward a new labor deal.
George Cohen tried to resolve the NFL's labor
dispute. Now he's overseeing basketball's negotiations for the first time.
Stern wants immediate results, saying during a round of interviews last week
that proposals could get worse and more games could be lost without a deal
Tuesday.
But large gaps remain between the sides, with both
seeking 53 percent of basketball revenues and players opposing owners' attempts
to significantly change the salary cap system.
The first two weeks of the season already have been
wiped out.
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2011 The Associated Press.
