According to US media reports on the 9th, although the new Crown pneumonia epidemic led to the suspension of the league, the US league basketball (NBA) will pay the players’ salaries in full this month.
Xinhua News Agency, Washington, April 9 (reporter Wang Jiyi) according to US media reports on the 9th, although the new Crown pneumonia epidemic caused the league to be suspended, the US league (NBA) the player’s salary will be paid in full this month.
On 11th day of last month, NBA decided to suspend the game of this season from March 12 because Utah Jazz player Gobel was diagnosed with the new Crown pneumonia. So far, there has been no game for about a month.
For most NBA players, 15th day of this month is their next salary payment day. During the period from “lockout” to 15th day of this month, more than 250 NBA games were postponed. The NBA team and the players’ union have been discussing how to pay the salary in the past few weeks, and finally decided that although there was no match, the salary this month would be paid in full.
However, the full payment of wages this month cannot influence the future payment mode. According to some terms of the collective bargaining agreement between the team and the players’ union, if the game is canceled due to some reasons, the players’ salary will be damaged. According to the calculation, if all the remaining matches in this season are canceled, the players will lose 20% of their annual salary, for example, Golden State Warriors star Curry will lose about 8 million dollars (1 dollar is about 7 yuan), while ordinary players will lose about 200000 dollars.
The NBA said earlier that due to the unpredictable development of the epidemic, the league would not decide how to finish the season and when to resume the game before May. So far, the league has not canceled any match. In previous discussions between the team and the labor union, the possibility of canceling at least part of the match was mentioned. Therefore, some people also proposed a plan to withhold part of the salary first. If the match can be completed as planned in the future, then pay this part of salary to the players.
At present, the new Crown epidemic has swept North America. Many professional events in North America, including NBA, have been suspended, and other sports events have been basically postponed or canceled.