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- What did Silver
tell the players

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about the potential timelines
that we're looking at here?

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- Greenie, he told the
players that no decision

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had to be made in May about
returning this season.

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So at least for the rest of
this month, and even into June,

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that they had time
into June before they

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had to commit to returning
or canceling the season.

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- Another thing that
I heard him saying,

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I don't want to steal
the thunder of it,

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was talking about
the possibility

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of fans in the stands.

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What is the perspective
the commissioner

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has right now about when we
might see fans back in arenas?

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- Unclear.

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And the fact that there's no
guarantee on when fans could

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return, or how
they would return,

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if it would be in something
less than a packed arena

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with you know, essentially
social distancing crowds

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with a limited number
of people, there are

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a lot of possible scenarios.

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But here's the one
thing that Silver wanted

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to make clear the players, that
fans, they generate about 40%

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of the league's revenue.

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And that the players
and the owners

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are going to have
to sit down here,

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and the collective bargaining
agreement, as Silver said

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on that call, it was
not built to withstand

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or endure a pandemic.

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And when the revenue is
down, the player's salaries

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are going to go down.

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And that's a negotiation,
the collective bargaining

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that the two sides are going
to have to work out here

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over the next several months,
because they've got to go

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through things like how it's
going to impact the salary

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cap, and luxury tax,
and how those things

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are going to shape
those important issues

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around the league.

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But he made it clear
to the players,

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you're going to make less money.