CBA Record September 2017

Y O U N G L A W Y E R S J O U R N A L AN OVERVIEW ON CHANGES AND SURPRISES IN THE 2017 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT The New NBA By Matthew E. Misichko

W hile many Americans equate the first few days of July with celebrating our nation’s inde- pendence, others define early July as the beginning of a new season in the National Basketball Association. On July 1, 2017, the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association

began to operate under a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Agreement is effective from July 1, 2017 until June 30, 2024. However, the NBA and the NBPA each have the option to terminate the Agreement at the end of the sixth season of the current Agreement (June 30, 2023) so long as the terminating party gives written

notice by December 15, 2022. The following piece contains a general overview of the Agreement, changes from the current Agreement as compared to the previous collective bargaining agreement (entered into in 2011), and some surpris- ing provisions pertaining to the world of professional athletes. The Agreement is a

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