Dear NBA,

Allow me. 

I know it's hard to understand some simple business economics when the last grade you 'attended' consisted of nap time and animal crackers. 

I say 'attended' because although you may have been at school, we both know your grades were earned on the court, not in the classroom. 

Let's take Nike for example, a lot of you wear their shoes and clothing. 

Derek Fisher - Head of NBA Players Union

If Nike were losing money each year, they'd restructure. 

There may be some layoffs, they'd lower salaries and close certain departments if necessary - just to name a few, in an effort to make their business viable again. 

And, if any Nike employee wasn't happy with the necessary changes, they could find work elsewhere. 

What company would continue to operate under it's current organization if it were losing millions each year?

Okay...yes, Mr. Madoff. Who else? Yep, Olympus Corp.........you get my point. 

If you haven't heard, YOUR COMPANY IS LOSING MONEY. 

In order to stay viable, some restructuring needs to happen. 

Salaries need to be lowered, revenue sharing needs to happen to initiate competitive balance and a hard cap needs to be instituted. Those are only a few of the basics that you need. 

Not too mention that we need a few people in the league to actually care about winning.......rookies don't count.

If you're not happy with this, go find work elsewhere. 

Like......El Salvador......or Japan. 

There is big money to be made playing hoop in those countries. 

The average foreign basketball player makes well below $1 million per year. While the highest paid foreign players earn between $2-3 million per - and this is only a small handful.

The top tier in your league is raking between $16-25 million per.

NBA owners want to reduce salaries by around 30-percent. 

Again, allow me. 

This would take the average NBA salary from $5.15 million to $3.6 million. 

The average person in this country makes around $43K a year. 

To put that into perspective, even if salaries were rolled back 30% the average NBA player would make $43K......... PER GAME. 

How ironic. 

Finally, you know what makes this whole thing even better? 

None of your fans care that you're gone. 

No one misses you.

If the NFL locked out the whole country would need a double dose of Zoloft.

So you take all the time you need. The owners and us(the 'fans') are happy to give it too you. 

It will give us time to watch the other more competitive, more exciting, more passionate sports.

You will eventually have to accept the leagues offer.......or take your talents to El Salvador.