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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver: Salary cap is not ’un-American’

 (Associated Press)

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday he “couldn’t disagree more” with comments made by Players Association executive director Michele Roberts about the league’s salary system. Roberts told ESPN.com that the salary cap was “incredibly un-American” and that “my DNA is offended by it.” Roberts also weighed in on the 50-50 split of revenues between owners and players, saying: “Why don’t we have the owners play half the games? Silver responded in a release: “We couldn’t disagree more with these statements. The NBA’s success is based on the collective efforts and investments of all. … No single group could accomplish this on its own. … Nor is there anything unusual or ‘un-American’ in a unionized industry to have a collective system for paying employees – in fact, that’s the norm.” – AP