NBPA ADVISORY GROUP TO HIT GOTHAM TODAY WITH TOUGH TALK

          The NBPA "hopes to present a united front when its
     agents advisory committee meets" today in N.Y., according to
     ESPN's David Aldridge.  Aldridge: "The committee contains
     most of the agents who were part of the unsuccessful
     decertification effort two years ago.  But now most of those
     agents -- including David Falk, Arn Tellem, Mark
     Bartelstein, Bill Strickland -- are firmly in control of the
     union.  They'll likely come out of the meeting talking about
     more exemptions for veterans, and decrying the league's
     contention that a third of its teams could lose money this
     season while a half dozen coaches received financial
     windfalls in the offseason" ("SportsCenter," 10/23).