The mean team operating income is the operating income each NBA team would receive if the NBAowners

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The mean team operating income is the operating income each NBA team would receive if the NBAowners divided the total of their operating incomes equally among the 30 NBA teams. (Of course, some of the owners might object to dividing their operating incomes equally among the teams).

a. How would the players use the mean team operating income to justify their position opposing a hard salary cap?
b. Use Table 3.2 to find the number of NBA teams that made money (that is, had a positive operating income) and the number of teams that lost money (had a negative operating income).
c. How would the owners use the results of part (b) and the median team operating income to justify their desire for a hard salary cap?


In the National Basketball Association (NBA) lockout of 2011, the owners of NBA teams wished to change the existing collective bargaining agreement with the NBA Players Association. The owners wanted a €œhard salary cap€ restricting the size of team payrolls. This would allow €œsmaller market teams€ having less revenue to be (1) financially profitable and (2) competitive (in terms of wins and losses) with the €œlarger market teams.€ The NBA owners also wanted the players to agree to take less than the 57 percent share of team revenues that they had been receiving. The players opposed these changes. Table 3.2 on the next page gives, for each NBA team, the team€™s 2009€“2010 revenue, player expenses (including benefits and bonuses), and operating income as given on the Forbes.com website on Octo-ber 26, 2011. Here, the operating income of a team is basically the team€™s profit (that is, the team€™s revenue minus the team€™s expenses including player expenses, arena expenses, etc.€”but not including some interest, depreciation, and tax expenses).

National Basketball Association Team Revenues, Player Expenses, and Operating Incomes as Given on the Forbes.com Website

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