- CBA negotiations have yet to begin, 45 minutes past schedule, and may not get off the ground until 3am EST.. owners are still wrapped up in derivative negotiations, attempting to set up an elaborate sharing program before Rasbey can take the floor vs. the Union..
- not only does Rasbey have to push a salary cap & trade system into the CBA that will be accepted by the Union, he has to acquire the support of ten/twelve owners... sources from Barnett camp suggest Rasbey has LONG way to go before calming objections from Long Island Amazin', New York Sharks, New York Seacooks, and possibly Boston Conquistadors & Chicago Madmen ownership. big market organizations may reject any CBA that implements a hard cap..
- Union has been VERY tight about strategy in the face of owner mutiny and disarray. if Union steadfastly opposes any salary cap system from get-go then Rasbey placed between rock and hard place
- consensus is that Rasbey had no idea what he was stepping into. Barnett quoted, "(Rasbey) had no conception of the magnitude of responsibility he sought to inherit."
- many insiders fear dwindling to zero possibility of reaching CBA before the end of the week.
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