The Cap

Author : Joshua Mendelsohn
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781496223869

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The Cap by Joshua Mendelsohn Pdf

2020 Wall Street Journal Holiday Gift Books Selection Today the salary cap is an NBA institution, something fans take for granted as part of the fabric of the league or an obstacle to their favorite team’s chances to win a championship. In the early 1980s, however, a salary cap was not only novel but nonexistent. The Cap tells the fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of the deal between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association that created the salary cap in 1983, the first in all of sports, against the backdrop of a looming players’ strike on one side and threatened economic collapse on the other. Joshua Mendelsohn illustrates how the salary cap was more than just professional basketball’s economic foundation—it was a grand bargain, a compromise meant to end the chaos that had gripped the sport since the early 1960s. The NBA had spent decades in a vulnerable position financially and legally, unique in professional sports. It entered the 1980s badly battered, something no one knew better than a few legendary NBA figures: Larry Fleisher, general counsel and negotiator for the National Basketball Players Association; Larry O’Brien, the commissioner; and David Stern, who led negotiations for the NBA and would be named the commissioner a few months after the salary cap deal was reached. As a result, in 1983 the NBA and its players made a novel settlement. The players gave up infinite pay increases, but they gained a guaranteed piece of the league’s revenue and free agency to play where they wished—a combination that did not exist before in professional sports but as a result became standard for the NBA, NFL, and NHL as well. The Cap explores in detail not only the high-stakes negotiations in the early 1980s but all the twists and turns through the decades that led the parties to reach a salary cap compromise. It is a compelling story that involves notable players, colorful owners, visionary league and union officials, and a sport trying to solidify a bright future despite a turbulent past and present. This is a story missing from the landscape of basketball history.

Author : Joshua Mendelsohn
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781496218780

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The Cap by Joshua Mendelsohn Pdf

Today the salary cap is an NBA institution, something fans take for granted as part of the fabric of the league or an obstacle to their favorite team’s chances to win a championship. In the early 1980s, however, a salary cap was not only novel but nonexistent. The Cap tells the fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of the deal between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association that created the salary cap in 1983, the first in all of sports, against the backdrop of a looming players’ strike on one side and threatened economic collapse on the other. Joshua Mendelsohn illustrates how the salary cap was more than just professional basketball’s economic foundation—it was a grand bargain, a compromise meant to end the chaos that had gripped the sport since the early 1960s. The NBA had spent decades in a vulnerable position financially and legally, unique in professional sports. It entered the 1980s badly battered, something no one knew better than a few legendary NBA figures: Larry Fleisher, general counsel and negotiator for the National Basketball Players Association; Larry O’Brien, the commissioner; and David Stern, who led negotiations for the NBA and would be named the commissioner a few months after the salary cap deal was reached. As a result, in 1983 the NBA and its players made a novel settlement. The players gave up infinite pay increases, but they gained a guaranteed piece of the league’s revenue and free agency to play where they wished—a combination that did not exist before in professional sports but as a result became standard for the NBA, NFL, and NHL as well. The Cap explores in detail not only the high-stakes negotiations in the early 1980s but all the twists and turns through the decades that led the parties to reach a salary cap compromise. It is a compelling story that involves notable players, colorful owners, visionary league and union officials, and a sport trying to solidify a bright future despite a turbulent past and present. This is a story missing from the landscape of basketball history.

Author : Jorge Núñez Ferrer
Publisher : CEPS
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : 9789290797395

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The EU Budget: The UK Rebate and the CAP – Phasing them both out? by Jorge Núñez Ferrer Pdf

The CEPS Task Force on the EU budget began its deliberations shortly after the December 2005 Council Decision, embracing all aspects of the budget and culminating, after more than a year of preparation, in this report. This report offers a structure for evaluating the EU's expenditures and future reform options based on a set of guiding principles drawn from the EU Treaties and precepts of good governance. It goes on to identify the misallocation of resources as a central cause of the net balance disputes that plague the system and undermine its fairness. To ensure that the EU is able to act in areas of real value, the report concludes that improvements in the rationale for the expenditures and an increase in the quality of interventions must occur in tandem with an elimination of distortions in the resources mechanism.

Author : Patrick D. Howard
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466576032

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Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CAP CBK by Patrick D. Howard Pdf

Significant developments since the publication of its bestselling predecessor, Building and Implementing a Security Certification and Accreditation Program, warrant an updated text as well as an updated title. Reflecting recent updates to the Certified Authorization Professional (CAP) Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) and NIST SP 800-37, the Official

Author : Jonathan L. Ramseur,Larry Parker
Publisher : The Capitol Net Inc
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781587332128

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Cap and Trade: The Kyoto Protocol, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions, Carbon Tax, Emission Allowances, Acid Rain SO2 Program, Ozone Transport Commission, NOX, Carbon Markets, and Climate Change by Jonathan L. Ramseur,Larry Parker Pdf

Author : Dennis Zimmerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Bonds
ISBN : UOM:39015019660797

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The Volume Cap for Tax-exempt Private-activity Bonds by Dennis Zimmerman Pdf

Author : Bob Bartel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1927917247

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Nutaui's Cap by Bob Bartel Pdf

This true account of one small moment in the years-long struggle of the Innu people against NATO and the Canadian government brings to light the on-going fight for Innu rights on their own unceded land. Author Bob Bartel, an activist and volunteer, participated in the efforts to stop those NATO practice flights; he learned Nanas's story from her aunt and has Nanas's permission to tell the story. Bob Bartel lives in Saskatoon, SK. Mary Ann Penashue is an Innu artist born on Birch Island near Goose Bay, NL. Ages 6 to 12.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822037816170

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The Future of Coal Under Carbon Cap and Trade by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Pdf

Author : Lester Grau,Michael Gress
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612000206

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The Red Army's Do-It-Yourself, Nazi-Bashing Guerrilla Warfare Manual by Lester Grau,Michael Gress Pdf

The WWII Soviet guerilla training manual that became an essential text for freedom fighters across the globe—complete with illustrations. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union during World War II, the Red Army began recruiting local partisans to help mount a resistance. This edition of The Partisan’s Companion is the last and best Red Army manual used to train these men to fight Nazi invaders. Besides field craft, it covers partisan tactics, German counter-guerrilla tactics, demolitions, German and Soviet weapons, scouting, camouflage, anti-tank warfare, and antiaircraft defense for squad and platoon-level instruction. It contains the Soviet lessons of two bitter years of war and provides a good look at the tactics and training of a mature partisan force. While this handbook was a vital part of Soviet victory over the Nazis, its usefulness outlived the Second World War. It was later used to train guerrilla groups in the developing world during their wars of national liberation in the 1950s–70s. Even the fedayeen guerrillas who fought US and coalition forces in Iraq relied on this manual for training, tactics, and general approach to combat. A selection of the Military Book Club.

Author : James McCarten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : English language
ISBN : OCLC:1140508130

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The Canadian Press Caps and Spelling by James McCarten Pdf

Reviews the rules for capitalization, spelling, abbreviations, compound words and hyphens, place names and French capitalization and lists hundreds of tricky words and names in alphabetical order for reference.

Author : Esphyr Slobodkina
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062009111

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Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina Pdf

Caps for Sale is a timeless classic beloved by millions...one of the most popular picture books ever published! This picture book is an excellent choice to share at home or in the classroom, as children love chanting along with the naughty monkeys. Children will delight in following the peddler’s efforts to outwit the monkeys and will ask to read it again and again. Caps for Sale is an excellent easy-to-read book that includes repetition, patterns, and colors, perfect for early readers. This tale of a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity and also teaches children about problem and resolution. This classic picture book will be appreciated as a birthday, baby shower, or graduation gift! It never fails to get preschoolers chanting along and giggling.

Author : Amelia Barr
Publisher : Litres
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040543069

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The Paper Cap. A Story of Love and Labor by Amelia Barr Pdf

Author : Roman Frister
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781555847982

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The Cap by Roman Frister Pdf

A Polish survivor’s “brutal and beautifully written” Holocaust memoir. “The power of his portrayal of one man’s instinct for survival . . . cannot be denied” (The Boston Globe). The Cap is an unconventional Holocaust memoir that defies all moral judgment and ventures into a soul blackened by the unforgiving cruelty of its surroundings. Roman Frister’s memoir of his life before, during, and after his imprisonment in the Nazi concentration camps sparked enormous controversy and became an international bestseller. With bone-chilling candor, Frister illustrates how the impulse to live unhinges our comfortable notions of morality, blurring the boundary between victim and oppressor and leaving absolutely no room for martyrdom. By the time Roman Frister was sixteen, he had watched his mother murdered by an SS officer and he had waited for his father to expire, eager to retrieve a hidden half loaf of bread from beneath the dying man’s cot. When confronted with certain death, he placed another inmate in harm’s way to save himself. Frister’s resilience and instinct for self-preservation—developed in the camps—become the source of his life’s successes and failures. Chilling and unsentimental, The Cap is a rare and unadorned self-portrait of a man willing to show all of his scars. Reflected in stark relief are the indelible wounds of all twentieth-century European Jews. An exceptional and groundbreaking testimony, Roman Frister’s “gut-wrenching memoir is a must-read” (Kirkus Reviews). “Staggering in its honesty . . . Frister’s courage to plumb the ambiguity of his actions . . . leaves the reader awestruck.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Author : Naoko Stoop
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316400985

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Red Knit Cap Girl to the Rescue by Naoko Stoop Pdf

'I hope it's not too far away,' says Red Knit Cap Girl. 'Follow the light of the Moon,' calls Owl. In this heartwarming follow-up to Naoko Stoop's debut Red Knit Cap Girl, Red Knit Cap Girl meets a lost Polar Bear Cub. Determined to help him find his way home, to an Arctic land of ice and snow, Red Knit Cap Girl, White Bunny, and Polar Bear Cub set off on an unforgettable voyage. Gorgeously illustrated on wood grain, Red Knit Cap Girl's curiosity, imagination, and joy will captivate the hearts of readers young and old. Simple prose and luminous pictures will remind readers that even small actions - such as recycling - can help to solve big world problems, in this inspiring story that celebrates friendship, bravery, and the importance of home.

Author : Lorenzo Smith Boswell Sawyer,United States. Circuit Court (9th Circuit)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : District courts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063904697

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Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the Ninth Circuit by Lorenzo Smith Boswell Sawyer,United States. Circuit Court (9th Circuit) Pdf