European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Aba lockout talk a a 1. 1. A a.1 a. A a a a a a 1 a a a is hot and by Wendy e. Lane new York a forget about moving the 3-Point line. The real topic of interest when the a bad a Board of governors meets today is the leagues labor situation. _ although owners will decide on a raft of items including shortening the 3-Point line and approving a new owner for the Minnesota Timber wolves commissioner David Sterns report on collective bargaining is the most urgent business facing the group. The a bad a labor Deal with the players expired at the end of last season no talks have Bent held since july 11 and the season starts nov. 4. V v. With the major league baseball season cancelled because of a strike and hockey players locked out talk of an Aba lockout is hot and heavy. The league which has never had a work stoppage has tried to squelch such talk saying it Hopes things wont come to that. A a a a a a a. V a a a a they Are fighting Over the Bounty a Page 34 but with the Aba and its players far apart on several major issues can pro basketball do any better than baseball and hockey in the labor department a i feel optimistic a  or Russ Granik said. �?o1 still think the track record Between the Union and management has been Good. I done to have any reason to think that wont continue a just As in baseball and hockey however what the owners want and what the players want in a new agreement Are two very different sets of things. The players Union wants to eliminate the salary Cap restrictions on free Agency and Lal College draft and get a larger share of venues. A the others want to close loopholes in current salary Cap such As contract clauses that allow players to become restricted free agents after one year and balloon payments at the end of a contract. The league also would like to see restrictions on Rookie salaries and it insists on ebb Truing the draft. The players association has challenged the legality of the Cap draft and right of first refusal for free Agency alleging antitrust violations. The players lost a court a decision in july but appealed and Are awaiting a ruling before returning to the bargaining table. However that ruling Isnit expected until the Middle of the month leaving about two weeks before the Start of the season to Hammer out a Deal. A we have plenty of impetus to want to make a new Deal and continue our growth a Granik  if matters Arentt resolved by then the league could press for players to take a no strike pledge ensuring the season could proceed without threat of interruption. A. V to v. A a a a that a not anything we re focusing on now Quot Granik said. A its too Early to think the stars and stripes ports october 6,1994 Page 36 about that.�?�. While no Resolution of the labor situation will come out of the owners meeting several Rule changes will. To beef up scoring and unclog the Lane the 3-Point line would be moved to a uniform 22-foot arc. Currently the arc extends from 22 feet in the Corners to 23 feet nine inches at the top of the key. Players fouled on a 3-Pointer would get three free throws. The owners also Are expected to adopt a Rule requiring any player who commits two flagrant fouls m a game to be ejected. In another move to reduce fighting any player leaving the Bench during an altercation would be subject to a minimum one game suspension and fined a maximum of $20,000. By Ken Rappoport new York a nil owners made a new proposal to the Union tucs Day even As they toughened their negotiating stance by telling injured players they won t be paid during the work Nebraska a Tommie Frazier. New blood clot in leg Frazier May be out for season Lincoln neb a no Braska quarterback. Tommie Frazier a leading contender for the Heisman trophy May be lost for the season following the discovery tuesday Ofa new blood clot in his he a. A a. He was hospitalized and coach l Orn Osborne said the 20-year-old Junior quarterback apparently will slay on blood thinners for three to six months. A which Means the rest of the season is in jeopardy and doubt for him a Osborne told television station wow tuesday night a i doubt ii he will play any More this  Frazier spent four Days in the Hospital last month while a clot. Near his right knee was dissolved. Nil owners offer plan Stop per a 6/2-hour bargaining session the first since owners postponed the Start of the p season two weeks until oct. 15, Union head bib Goodenow decl med to elaborate on the plan or even say whether it constituted Progress. A no one should read anything negatively or positively into that a he said. A we made a proposal and they Are studying it a nil commissioner Gary Bettman said. A source familiar with the proposal said the owners continued to ask for a payroll tax that would go As High As 125 percent for Money teams spent on players above the league average. Owners were at the bargaining table for the first time since talks began Early this year. A having the presence of the owners was a plus a Bettman said. A it was important to me to the extent than they can answer questions the i Aye is might have had.1. This Wasny to requested by players. But i said a what the Heck lets bring them  Bettman announced the  of the Start of the season last Friday the Day before the season was to begin negotiations will continue wednesday in new York. A _ a weve got some very1 Tough issues a Goodenow said. To not going to categorize the Days a negotiations in any  _ / representing 1 the players tuesday were Mike Gartner of the Toronto Maple Leals president of the nil players As social Ion and Kelly Miller of the Washington capitals. _ a the management representatives included Pittsburgh penguins owner Howard Baldwin new Jersey devils owner John Mcmullen Boston Bruins general manager Harry sullen and Montreal Ca Bob Goodenow executive director of the National hockey league players association is met by reporters As he arrives for negotiations in new York. Nadies president Ron Corey. Teams originally were going to pay players who were injured during training Camp but they reversed course tuesday according to a confidential memorandum circulated to the clubs. The memo which was confirmed by the nil did direct teams to pay signing bonuses such As the s4.5 million due Wayne Gretzky from the los Angeles Kings. A if you think that your contract with a particular player permits you not to pay a signing Bonus please consult your club counsel or us before withholding payment a the memo said. Regular salaries arc not being paid to players during the shutdown. Originally the nil instructed clubs to pay the players injured in training Camp saying they were a entitled to be paid their salaries As if the season had commenced As  on. Monday however that policy was reversed teams were instructed to Smith hold payments until oct. 15 players Are routinely paid on the first and 15th of each month. That change will Cost defens Eman Scott Stevens of the new Jersey Devus about $200,000. Stevens who has a $3 million signing Bonus in the free agent contract he signed last summer injured an ankle during the preseason. \