N.B.A Players Go Overseas

   With the birth of the N.B.A lockout the players are taking a different route to resolution then their N.F.L counterparts. Thanks to guaranteed contracts and the less physical nature of the sport, the N.B.A players have taken a more passive role in the labor discussions than the star studded N.F.L union. After all if worse comes to worse the basketball players can always go to a foreign league to play their games until N.B,A owners fold their hand in labor gambling.
   The market in both Europe and Asia are huge and would love to see an influx of Stars grace their courts, unlike football which is predominantly an American coveted form of entertainment. For that reason I doubt we will ever see a Kobe Bryant vs. the N.B.A lawsuit filed. The options are to vast for professional basketball players, which is the most obvious leverage that the players hold against their owners.
   Seriously the communication between teams and players is no where near as crucial of importance as in the N.F.L players, and so it's only natural that the N.B.A players will take their owners somewhat less seriously.