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As a result, team owners want fundamental changes to the economic structure of the league. For starters, that means replacing the current soft cap on players’ salaries with a hard one that will do more to limit the contracts doled out by the wealthier clubs. They also want to see the league’s revenues, which amounted to $3.8 billion last season according to Forbes, split up in a way that is much more favourable to them and less favourable to the players.

因此，球队老板们希望对联盟的经济结构做出基础性的改变。首先，这就意味着用硬工资帽来代替软工资帽，从而对更加富有的球队所提供的合同做出更多的限制。他们也希望联盟收入以一种对球队更加有利，而不是对球员更加有利的方式来分配。据福布斯披露，过去的一个赛季联盟总收入达到38亿美元。

The players, in turn, accuse the owners of poor teamwork. They say that more revenue-sharing between the league’s haves and have-nots could resolve the teams’ exaggerated financial troubles. Much depends on whose numbers you believe.

相应地，球员们指责老板们低劣的球队工作。他们称，在联盟的富人和穷人之间进行更多的收入分配可以解决球队言过其实的财政困难。这很大程度上取决与你相信谁的数字。

In the end the players will probably have to make at least modest concessions on their contracts and salaries, but they have thus far rejected the owners’ demanding proposals. About the only thing the two sides currently agree on is how far apart they are, raising fears that the next season may be cancelled altogether.

最终，球员们可能不得不在合同和薪水方面至少做出适度的让步。但是他们已经拒绝了球队老板提出的方案。双方目前唯一达成一致的是他们的分歧是什么，这也增加了下赛季可能被整个取消的担忧。

The NFL, on the other hand, looks to be moving closer to a deal that would end its four-month work stoppage. But that ought not to raise the hopes of NBA fans much. No NFL team appears to be losing money and the league’s basic economic framework is not in dispute. The incentives facing each sport are also quite different. With pre-season games only a month away, further squabbling could cost the NFL as much as $200m for each missed week of practice. Compare that with the NBA, where some owners may actually prefer to forgo another uNPRofitable season if it results in a better deal.

另一方面，NFL看起来即将达成一个协议，从而结束长达四个月的停摆。但是这一消息并不会给NBA球迷们带来很大的希望。NFL球队中无一亏损，并且联盟的基本经济框架也不存在争议。每项运动所面临的刺激千差万别。距离季前赛只有一个月的时间了，如果继续争吵下去的话，每停摆一周将会使NFL损失2亿美元。而在NBA，如果达不成一个更好的协议的话，一些老板实际上上会选择放弃一个亏损的赛季。