it wasnt until this year that it got any real attention in the NFL and they actually put the issue on the table and tried to come up with a plan. had the NFL not made it a big issue, no one would be talking about it right now in the NBA. oh and hey, 3 minutes of research shows the NBA has dealt with this before:SQ_Crazies wrote: No, it's LeBron. It's been talked about in football for multiple years. Haven't heard much about it at all in basketball, in fact, most people feel the opposite about basketball because the season doesn't ride on a single game in the playoffs.
"The N.B.A. has not acted in this area since 1990, when the league fined the Lakers $25,000 for holding Magic Johnson and James Worthy out of a game. The Lakers were also fined in 1985 for the same reason. "
