Interesting interview with Larry Cannon on ABA

[broderickpresident]

edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/larry-cannon-former-aba-players-seeking-legitimacy-respect-from-nba/

he's not happy with the meager pension the NBA provides to the ABA: “I think that the NBA has promoted the idea that the NBA has basically embraced the ABA as if the relationship was very cordial. The fact is that there are difficulties in the relationship, and I think that those difficulties should be examined and people should have a chance to understand exactly what’s going on.”

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OT please

Sorry guys, I err

[broderickpresident]

I'm sorry an interview with one of the greatest basketball players in La Salle history doesn't meet your standards for posting on a La Salle basketball message forum. I'll delete and make way for threads with personal insults again, immediately. This board is brutal

[theneumann64]

Nah, this belongs here. Absolutely no problem with it. Come on hykos.

Only thing I would've suggested is to make clear it's a current interview- thought maybe it was something from an archive or something back when the merger originally happened. But it's a good find- thanks.

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I am really sorry! I saw "ABA" and I should have read the context, which is most appropriate for this forum. I make no excuses for my reaction, will try and learn from it.

[Deleted]

Thanks for the link, BP. The way I read it, the NBA assumed ABA debts but if they get anything at all out of this negotiation 50 years later it'll be a gesture of further goodwill but not obligatory.

It is a shame that Mr Cannon feels the players only lacked representation, because they did not necessarily even have the funds nor the organization to be able to leverage themselves back then. There is no way they would have bargaining power, I do not know what their leverage would be. The power of Public Relations is all they have left in order to leverage their cause. I appreciate the standpoint of the individual player being owed something for help in revolutionizing the game, especially now if NBA now wants to celebrate these achievements with anniversary specials, throwback jerseys, ABA nights, and whatever else they will do to capitalize ($$$) on the ABA's unique history.

[GlitterBro #2]

Sept 12, 2017 12:17:37 GMT -5 hykos1045 said:

 if NBA now wants to celebrate these achievements with anniversary specials, throwback jerseys, ABA nights, and whatever else they will do to capitalize ($$$) on the ABA's unique history.

As long as they don't do throwback shorts...

[postup]

Interesting article! Thanks for posting!