Former Nationwide Basketball Gamers Affiliation govt 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 a onerous cap,” stated Tremaglio, who was the union’s govt director when the newest CBA was ratified in April 2023. “The truth is that any workforce can go into the apron. Any workforce may go into the place they’re now paying taxes. It simply turns into a extra intentional selection on that workforce 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 posh tax, first apron and second apron. Every degree has totally different monetary penalties, whereas each aprons create roster limitations.
Whereas there’s 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 govt director.
