Sources tell ESPN Friday, October 30th, is going to be the deadline to discuss all of the modifications to the collective bargaining agreement for the 2021 season, and the draft is scheduled for November 18.

消息人士告訴ESPN，10月30日（週五），將是討論2021賽季勞資協議所有修改內容的截止日期，而選秀的時間是11月18日。

I want to bring in Brian Wynne Horse, who co authored this report with Woes and Zach Lowe.

我想請來布萊恩-溫恩-馬，他與沃斯和扎克-洛威共同撰寫了這份報告。

Brian.

布萊恩

How realistic is it starting the MBA season on Christmas Day?

聖誕節開始MBA季有多現實？

Clear your schedule.

清理你的日程。

I think there's a very strong chance that is going to happen.

我覺得這種情況很有可能會發生。

In fact, I think it's gonna happen even before Christmas because you can not wanna have ring night on Christmas Day.

事實上，我認為它會發生 甚至在聖誕節前 因為你不能想有戒指之夜 在聖誕節當天。

So I think there's a possibility that it could actually start slightly before Christmas.

所以我覺得有可能其實在聖誕節前就可以開始了。

This is a big pivot from what Adam Silver was talking about just less than a month ago with the finals, when he talked about how he wanted to play an 82 game season with fans in the stands at all arenas.

這與亞當-西爾弗在不到一個月前談及總決賽時，談到他想打一個82場比賽的賽季，所有場館的球迷都在看臺上，這是一個很大的支點。

But as the situation has unfolded, Thean NBA owners have reevaluated.

但隨著局勢的發展，泰安NBA的老闆們已經重新評估。

They realized how important Christmas Day is, and then they're meeting today.

他們意識到聖誕節有多重要，然後他們今天就要開會了。

They have made the recommendation to begin on Christmas or slightly before, with a slightly reduced season, perhaps about 72 games, finishing on time in, UH, you know middle A June and back on schedule for 21 22.

他們提出了建議，在聖誕節或稍早開始，賽季規模略微縮減，可能會有72場比賽，在，UH，你知道A6月中旬按時結束，21日22日重新按計劃進行。

All right, I mentioned the October 30 of C B.

好吧，我提到了10月30日的C B。

A deadline just a moment ago.

剛才的最後期限。

What is the biggest hurdle to getting a new collecting bargain agreement done by then?

屆時，要想完成新的收藏交易協議，最大的障礙是什麼？

Can you imagine Richard getting drafted by your team and then be expected to basically ship out the next day and start camp within about 7 to 10 days?

你能想象理查德被你的球隊選中，然後被期望在第二天基本出貨，並在大約7到10天內開始訓練營嗎？

Can you imagine signing as a free agent and having to potentially report to a new team within 72 hours to begin camp?

你能想象以自由球員的身份簽約，並有可能在72小時內到新球隊報到開始訓練營嗎？

Because that's what we're looking at here.

因為這就是我們在這裡看到的。

They've got to negotiate with the players and agreement to get this started so fast.

他們必須和球員們談判，達成協議，才能這麼快的開始。

They have promised the players that they would give them an eight week head up to the start of the season.

他們已經向球員承諾，在賽季開始前會給他們8周的時間。

Well, eight weeks is in the middle to the end of next week toward Christmas, and so this is going to get decided quick on.

好吧，八週是在下週中到下週末的聖誕節，所以這個要快速的決定上。

There's gonna be a lot of players impacted, and it's not going to be pleasant.

會有很多球員受到影響，這並不令人愉快。

But the expectation in me talking with the union is that there's a good chance this is going to get done.

但在我和工會談話時的期望是，這事很有可能會辦成。

So I say to fans, Prepare for N B A basketball on Christmas Day.

所以我對球迷們說，準備在聖誕節那天看N B A籃球吧。

All right, let's go, Brian, thank you so much for joining us today.

好了，我們走吧，布萊恩，非常感謝你今天加入我們。

Great report.

偉大的報告。

I want to bring a mean and perk back into this mix.

我想把一種刻薄和振奮帶回這個組合中。

Perk.

Perk.

I wanna ask you, is playing on Christmas Day.

我想問你，是在聖誕節玩。

Is that juice of it?

那是它的果汁嗎？

Is it worth coming back this quickly for a very, very short off season?

在一個非常非常短的淡季，值得這麼快回來嗎？

Absolutely.

絕對的

And look, the players knew this when they agreed, when the players association agreed to playing in the bubble, that it could be a quick turnaround.

而且你看，球員們在同意的時候，球員協會同意打泡麵的時候，就知道這一點，可以快速的扭轉局面。

And that's what's happening right now.

這就是現在的情況。

We have toe have basketball on Christmas Day.

我們必須在聖誕節那天打籃球。

It's a no brainer, and look, they have a lot of teams that hadn't played since March since the pandemic.

這是不可能的，你看，他們有很多球隊從3月份開始就沒有打過比賽，自從疫情發生後。

You remember so Ah, lot of guys had a lot of time off.

你還記得啊，很多人都有很多時間休息。

So at the end of the day, they knew that this one could be a possibility that if you reach the finals and played in the championship that you will have a short off season.

所以到了最後，他們知道，這個可能是如果你進入總決賽，打了總冠軍，你會有一個短暫的休賽期。

So I'm all in for Christmas Day games.

所以，我全身心地投入到聖誕節的遊戲中。

Let's make it happen.

讓我們來實現它。

No, I think Richard, they were talking a big talk about wanting fans in the seats and all that.

不，我想理查德，他們說了一大堆話，說要讓球迷坐在座位上等等。

I think they just come to the realization with the scientists happened.

我想他們只是意識到與科學家發生。

Right now, that's not realistic.

現在，這是不現實的。

And so we're going to start a season without having people in the buildings.

所以我們要開始一個沒有人在建築物裡的賽季。

Then we might as well get it started sooner rather than later.

那我們還是早點開始吧。

There's no purpose in waiting to start with the same circumstances that we could start with on Christmas, and the other part of it is I feel like the N B is always afraid that the NFL is coming to steal Christmas from them.

在同樣的情況下，我們可以在聖誕節開始，沒有任何意義，另外一部分是我覺得N B總怕NFL來搶走他們的聖誕節。

We have Christmas, they have Thanksgiving in college.

我們過聖誕節，他們在大學裡過感恩節。

Football has New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, and we don't want to give up that prime real estate.

足球有除夕和元旦，我們不想放棄這個黃金地段。

If you leave the door open, someone is gonna move in and start squatting on it.

如果你把門開著，就會有人進來，然後開始蹲在門上。

So I see the sense of urgency there from the league.

所以我看到了聯盟那裡的緊迫感。

Yeah, it was so much talk about ratings.

是啊，真是談收視率色變。

And then there's revenue like that's just such a huge day for for the N B A.

然後有這樣的收入，只是這樣一個巨大的一天，為N B A。

I just can't see.

我只是看不到。

It's It's an American tradition at this point in time.

這是... ...這是美國的傳統，在這個時候。

But perk I wanted to ask you.

但我想問你個問題

ESPN is reporting.

ESPN報道。

The league is starting is open to starting the season without fans in the stands.

聯賽開始是開放的，在沒有球迷看臺的情況下開始賽季。

How big of a deal is that for the players?

這對玩家來說是多大的問題？

What's not?

什麼不是？

I mean, that got used to have a lot of players got used to have been playing in the bubble.

我的意思是，那習慣了有很多球員習慣了一直在保麗龍中打球。

But you know, fans make the MBA without fans.

但你知道，粉絲讓MBA沒有粉絲。

There's no MBA, so it'll be interesting to see.

沒有MBA，所以會很有意思。

I mean, obviously watching the NFL.

我的意思是，很明顯看NFL。

We're watching some games.

我們在看一些遊戲。

Some arenas don't have fans.

有些場館沒有球迷。

Some do.

有些人是這樣做的。

So it'll be interesting to see how the MBA and Adam Silver ah, figure things out.

所以，這將是有趣的，看看MBA和亞當-西爾弗啊，是怎麼想辦法的。

But you know, fans is would bring the joy to the game of basketball and you fight toe.

但你知道，球迷是會給籃球比賽帶來快樂，你打的是腳趾。

Have home court and you wanna be at home and the fairs around the or you wanna be on the road playing in the hostile environment so it may play a huge part.

有主場，你想在主場和周圍的展覽會上，或者你想在客場的惡劣環境中打球，所以它可能會起到很大的作用。

Yeah, you know, Richard, they estimate the income from people coming to games, tickets and parking and concessions and all that to be someone the neighborhood, 35 40% of league income.

是啊，你知道，理查德，他們估計收入 從人們來到遊戲，門票和停車場和特許經營 和所有這一切是有人 附近，35 40％的聯盟收入。

So it's a big deal to say we're going to start and we're going to play without these people in the building.

所以說我們要開始了，我們要在沒有這些人在的情況下打球，這是一個很大的問題。

Having said that, there's a lot of income that comes from TV, whether it's local TV deals with individual teams or the national TV deals that get paid out to everywhere to the league and distributed to all the teams.

話說回來，有很多收入都是來自電視，無論是與各個球隊的地方電視協議，還是全國性的電視協議，都會支付給各地的聯盟，然後分配給所有的球隊。

So again, the idea of playing the games and having good ratings might outweigh the need toe.

所以，同樣是玩遊戲，有好的收視率的想法可能會超過需要趾。

Wait until you can have people in the stands as far as the quality of play itself.

等到你能在看臺上有人，至於遊戲本身的品質。

I think per created on the head.

我認為每創造在頭上。

Most of the guys you know 22 teams played in a bubble without fans in the stands and guess what?

大部分的人你都知道22支球隊在沒有球迷看臺的情況下打出了保麗龍，你猜怎麼著？

The basketball was fine.

籃球很好。

The basketball was great.

籃球是偉大的。

We didn't have any drop off in intensity.

我們的強度沒有任何下降。

We didn't have any drop off in execution.

我們的執行力沒有任何下降。

So while we always fans were in the building.

所以，當我們總是粉絲在樓裡。

This is going to get there at some point for right now.

現在來說，這是要在某個時間點上達到的。

Let's just play basketball.

我們還是打籃球吧。

Yeah, no, I agree with you guys.

是啊，不，我同意你們的說法。

I'm not saying that Lakers wouldn't have won the championship.

我不是說湖人就不會奪冠。

I'm just saying I would have been very interested to see how the brackets would have played out if there was home court advantage and those things that players were playing on.

我只是說，如果有主場優勢和球員們的那些東西，我會非常有興趣看看括號裡的比賽會如何進行。

But we're gonna have to wait and see.

但我們得等著瞧。

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感謝觀看ESPN在YouTube上的體育直播和優質內容訂閱ESPN plus。