Former Nationwide Basketball Gamers Affiliation government director Tamika Tremaglio has defended the two-apron construction in an interview with Entrance Workplace Sports activities. Tremaglio helped negotiate the present collective bargaining settlement that was instituted in 2023.
“What I’ve been listening to is [there’s] a tough cap. There isn’t any arduous cap,” stated Tremaglio, who was the union’s government director when the newest CBA was ratified in April 2023. “The truth is that any group can go into the apron. Any group might go into the place they’re now paying taxes. It simply turns into a extra intentional alternative on that group as as to whether or not they may pay the taxes.”
The brand new CBA creates a cap surroundings with three separate thresholds with the luxurious tax, first apron and second apron. Every degree has totally different monetary penalties, whereas each aprons create roster limitations.
Whereas there may be not technically a tough cap, the system has created an surroundings the place groups are both avoiding the second apron or solely going into it for a restricted period of time.
Andre Iguodala changed Tremaglio as government director.
