More than a year of infighting within the NBA players’ union has resulted in the ouster of longtime leader Billy Hunter. Hunter was fired as National Basketball Players Association executive director Saturday after a unanimous [...]
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NBA Players Oust Billy Hunter as Executive Director of Players Union in Unanimous Vote
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February 17, 2013
HOUSTON – Billy Hunter was ousted from his job as executive director of the union in a unanimous vote by NBA players who said Saturday they will “no longer be divided, misled, misinformed.”
“This is our union and we have taken it back,” players’ association president Derek Fisher said.
Fisher said it was a day of change for the union, which has seemed inevitable since...
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February 17, 2013
Billy Hunter Removed As Executive Director Of NBPA
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February 16, 2013
Billy Hunter was removed as executive director of the NBPA (National Basketball Players Association) Saturday after a unanimous vote by the players’ team representatives.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports:
Player representatives voted 24-0 in favor of ending Hunter’s stay with the union, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
LeBron James took an active role in the...
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February 16, 2013
Billy Hunter voted out as executive director
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February 17, 2013
According to ESPN, Billy Hunter has been unanimously voted out as executive director of the union by NBA players. “This is our union and we have taken it back,” National Basketball Players Association president Derek Fisher said. “We want to make it clear that we are here to serve only the best interests of the [...]
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February 17, 2013
No clean break for Billy Hunter and union
Via Juiced Sports Blog
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February 16, 2013
HOUSTON — Billy Hunter was head of the National Basketball Players Association for more than a dozen years.
The announcement of his parting took less than three minutes.
Union president Derek Fisher, who supported Hunter for several years before inspiring the investigation that led to Hunter's downfall, took to the podium in a Houston hotel ballroom and spoke for less than...
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February 16, 2013
BREAKING: Billy Hunter Voted Out As NBAPA Executive Director
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February 16, 2013
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports broke the news via Twitter today.
Billy Hunter has been voted out as NBPA executive director, sources tell Y! Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) February 16, 2013
Player reps voted in decisive manner to oust Hunter, sources tell Y! LeBron James spoke in meeting, insisting the union needed overhaul.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA...
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February 16, 2013
Lebron James called for firing of NBA union head Billy Hunter
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February 18, 2013
Jim Racalto NBA players recently voted by a 24-0 count to have union head Billy Hunter fired, who is in the middle of his 17th season at his position. Hunter may take legal action, as he claims he didn’t receive a fair hearing and is looking to be paid the $10.5 million remaining on his contract. Lebron James was at the forefront calling for Hunter to be fired, suprisingly...
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February 18, 2013
Billy Hunter Voted Out As Executive Director Of NBPA
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February 16, 2013
Billy Hunter has been voted out as executive director of the NBA players union.
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February 16, 2013
NBA union seems in turmoil
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February 17, 2013
On Saturday, the NBPA is expected to fire Billy Hunter as its executive director after a careful review of his running of the union. Hunter's job is somewhat that of a trustee as he is tasked with handling a lot of the business aspects for the union while the players play. Negotiating collective bargaining agreements are not an NBA player's expertise.
Hunter though was...
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February 17, 2013
Billy Hunter Voted Out Unanimously as Head of NBA Players’ Association, Derek Fisher Leads the Change
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February 16, 2013
HOUSTON — Billy Hunter was ousted unanimously as executive director of the union by NBA players who said Saturday they will “no longer be divided, misled, misinformed.”
“This is our union and we have taken it back,” players’ association president Derek Fisher said.
Fisher said it was a day of change for the union, which has seemed inevitable since a review of the union...
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February 16, 2013
Hunter voted out as head of NBA union
Billy Hunter has been unanimously voted out as executive
director of the NBA players' association.
Billy Hunter Unanimously Voted Out Of NBPA
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February 16, 2013
Derek Fisher said a new executive committee was elected and he will remain as president.
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February 16, 2013
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