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44 Cath. U. L. Rev. 205 (1994-1995)
The NBA Salary Cap: Controlling Labor Costs through Collective Bargaining

handle is hein.journals/cathu44 and id is 219 raw text is: COMMENTS THE NBA SALARY CAP: CONTROLLING LABOR COSTS THROUGH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING The economic viability of the National Basketball Association (NBA) is dependent upon maintaining fan interest, which, in turn, creates reve- nue through attendance at games and by selling broadcast rights to televi- sion networks and cable stations.1 In 1983, the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) agreed to limit the aggregate amount each team in the league may spend annually on player salaries.' 1. Jeffrey E. Levine, Note, The Legality and Efficacy of the National Basketball Asso- ciation Salary Cap, 11 CARDOZO ARTS & ENT. L.J. 71, 71-72 (1992) (explaining that com- petitive balance among the league's teams is necessary to generate revenues). Parity among league teams enhances the probability of economic success in professional sports leagues because the competition has the effect of increasing fan support. JOHN C. WEIS- TART & CYM H. LOWELL, THE LAW OF SPORTS § 5.07, at 595 (1979). 2. In re National Basketball Ass'n, 630 F. Supp. 136, 137 (S.D.N.Y. 1986) [hereinafter In re New York Knickerbockers Basketball Club]; see also Levine, supra note 1, at 71-72 (discussing the history of the NBA and NBPA agreement limiting players' salaries and the continuing need for such a provision); Jon P. Newton, Note, Suggestions for the New Col- lective-Bargaining Agreement in Professional Basketball: The Legacy of the Albert King Case, 19 CONN. L. REV. 1001, 1006-08 (1987) (defining the salary cap, explaining the bene- fits received by each side, and noting exceptions to the cap). But cf Scott J. Foraker, Note, The National Basketball Association Salary Cap: An Antitrust Violation?, 59 S. CAL. L. REV. 157, 157-58 (1985) (arguing that the salary cap violates antitrust laws).

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