Chapter 502

As Richard expected, it was not as easy for him and Jordan to take over the new army as Jordan thought.

New York NBA headquarters, Stern's office.

"Mr. President, Jordan just called about the expansion of the army." Xiao Hua stood in front of stern respectfully and reported to stern.

Stern frowned.

"Michael? He hasn't recognized the reality, has he told him? He has no chance! " Stern said with a smile.

If Jordan has enough money and good team management ability, stern may also want to leave the new army to Jordan.

But at present, Jordan's financial resources are not enough, and his business ability is not good. Then stern can't promise Jordan.

Moreover, even if stern agreed, the owners of other teams would not.

The reason is simple. It's in the interests of these bosses.

Many of the benefits of each team are concentrated by the league and distributed equally.

If this new army has been losing money, it is estimated that the income of each team will be reduced, and they naturally do not want to see this happen.

Jordan has been a profound proof that he is really not the material to choose people!

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After hearing Stern's words, Xiao Hua smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Mr. President, now things have changed. Jordan has a guy on his side..."

"Well? Got a guy? Who... " Stern looked at Xiao Hua warily, and a villain's face appeared in his mind, not Richard and who

In the previous All Star game, he also watched the live broadcast, saw the scene of Jordan shaking hands with Richard, and his heart was already cluttered.

"Richard!" Xiao Hua reported Richard's name directly.

Stern's face suddenly changed from white to red, and then from red to white

"Damn it! Why is there such Richard everywhere... "

"What did Jordan say?" Stern asked eagerly.

"He said that he is going to work with Richard to undertake the new army. In terms of capital verification, both of them will give us $150 million in cash respectively, and then the equity will be split in half!"

"In terms of team management, the team's lineup construction is entirely up to Richard."

Xiao Hua tells stern all of Jordan's original words, which makes stern feel a bit hurt

Looking at this posture, Jordan and Richard have obviously planned it.

Both sides even arranged the equity distribution!

For a while, Stern was thinking about how to stop it.

He didn't want Richard to be involved in the new army, although he knew that if Richard and Jordan came to host the new army, there was absolutely no reason to lose money.

But he just doesn't want Richard to be in the NBA's real talking group.

At present, Richard is just the management of a team, and he has already made a mess of his own. If he becomes the boss of a team, then he can still?!

But even if he didn't want to, stern thought for a moment and found that he had no way to block the combination of Jordan and Richard.

The combination of these two people means that they are invincible

On the issue of race, Jordan is black and Richard is yellow. No one can find any fault in this respect.

In terms of profitability, Richard's presence and Jordan's living signboard are not bad.

In terms of financial resources, they all agreed that 150 million yuan would be spent on each of them. Obviously, they are also well prepared.

If stern is in charge of this matter, he must directly exclude these two men and directly appoint Robert Johnson as the new army's boss.

But now he really can't be in charge!

Such a big thing must be voted by all the management and all the owners of the NBA, and then choose the winner.

If Jordan and Johnson compete alone, it's estimated that Jordan will lose.

But now it's totally different for Jordan to tie a Richard

Even though stern doesn't like Richard, he is also very clear about Richard's terrible connection in this alliance.

I'm afraid Johnson won't be Richard's opponent at all when the voting conference is to be held.

This made stern sigh for a long time. How could a tricky thing like Richard come out

Since Richard entered the league, he didn't seem to have a few days of comfort!

Now even if he wants to stop Richard from entering the new army, he has no way at all

"No, is Richard qualified for the expansion? He doesn't seem to be qualified... " Stern got the point.

Xiao Hua shook his head. "Mr. President, he is qualified." ,"The rules stipulate that players can't be the owners or managers of the team, but they don't stipulate that managers can't be the owners. Richard is fully in line with the rules. Of course, when he really gets the qualification for expansion, he must leave the team from Detroit."

Xiao Hua's words sound rather tongue twisty, but the meaning is simple and clear.

That is, Richard is not a player. The League doesn't care what he does

"Then come up with a rule to restrict the management of the team from owning all or part of the equity of the team!" Stern's brain is really smart. In a short time, he thought of the best way to deal with it.

He even thought about it. This new rule is called Richard's rule three!

However, Xiao Hua smiled bitterly and shook his head. Obviously, he thought Stern's plan was not reliable.

"Mr. President, if you do this, I'm afraid that the owners of each team will not like it. Many of them have concurrent positions in the team. If you introduce this rule, they may have to resign and then hire another management."

"It will increase their costs, and they will definitely object."

As Xiao Hua said, many team owners or shareholders, in fact, are part-time management in the team.

At present, if this rule is issued, it means that these bosses or shareholders will have to resign, and the vacant positions will have to be recruited.

The salary of the management is very high, which increases the cost of these teams.

In a big market like the Lakers or the Knicks, people don't care about the money.

But some teams in the small ball Market are already in short supply. Now stern wants to raise the operating cost of the team. They are willing to blame!

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Stern is stupid, but he ignores the problem. Good guy, can Richard be the boss of an NBA team?!

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"That's right. It's not limited to shareholders' part-time management, but it's limited to the coaching team. Is that all right?"

"There are no shareholders in the League to coach the team at the moment, and I don't think they will refuse it!"

Stern can't do one move, another move. Anyway, he has to give Richard some eyesight medicine. He can't sit in the position of team boss so comfortably.

Xiao Hua nodded. It's ok

However, this rule has no meaning at all. If you don't let Richard be the manager, will he really be honest and not involve in the team's affairs?

He can sit next to the team's bench when the game is going on, just like Mark Cuban of the Mavericks

Even in the previous NBA, there were team owners sitting directly in the middle of the team's bench, with players.

Even if Richard is not a coach, he can also influence the game on the sidelines.

So the rule is to take off your pants and fart.

However, since stern wants to introduce such rules, there is nothing harmful to the interests of the alliance, and Xiao Hua has no need to dissuade.

"That's settled. This rule is called Richard's rule three!"

Stern was smiling

In the early morning of the next day, the authorities announced the latest news, precisely the latest rules.

"Richard's rule 3: the shareholders who own all or part of the shares of the team shall not join the coaching team of their own team or other teams!"

As soon as the news came out, the whole league was dumbfounded

There is no problem with the rules. There is no conflict with the players or the owners of each team. The main problem is the name of the rules.

Richard's rule three?!

It has nothing to do with Li Chade. He seems to have no ownership of any team at present. How can the League name the new rule after him.

Most people are confused, but the top leaders in the League frown.

They know that the league is about to expand. The owners of all teams know how stern can expand if they don't nod their heads.

Now there is such a rule, which can explain many problems.