Labor Relations in Sports Has Become Boring; That’s a Good Thing

By Christopher R. Deubert, Senior Writer On April 1, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) announced they had reached an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA).  The new deal, which runs through the 2029-30 season, is relatively unremarkable as there do not appear to be any major changes to the league’s operations.  Instead, what is remarkable is that the NBA-NBPA CBA caps a fairly remarkable run of successfu