Leagues and Governing Bodies

NBA PLAYERS' UNION FILES SUIT AGAINST THE LEAGUE

4.26.1996

     The NBPA has filed a lawsuit against the NBA claiming the
league artificially reduced the salary cap last season and failed
to make benefit payments for several seasons, according to the
HOUSTON CHRONICLE.  The NBPA also filed a counterclaim to an NBA
lawsuit, seeking a judge's order that the NBA will no longer have
player group licensing rights after the '96-97 season.  The
union's actions come a month after the NBA charged several agents
and union attorneys for interfering with the new CBA.  The NBA
has already filed an unfair labor practice charge against the
union with the NLRB and a federal lawsuit against the agents in
U.S. District Court in New Jersey (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 4/26).

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