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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 5345572, member: 7511"] Another element of this matter is that to date, Engelbert has largely been a solitary figure representing the W in discussions with the players and updates with the media. [B]Where in the hell are Adam Silver and the owners? [/B]In just about every other labor dispute involving a professional sports league, invariably there is an ownership committee, made up of respected long-time owners, who are empowered by all the other owners to negotiate on their behalf. The NFL comes to mind where Art Rooney of the Steelers and Wellington Mara of the Giants were both involved in one such labor dispute. Engelbert appears to be out there twisting in the wind, all by herself. It just may be possible that she has been ordered not to negotiate any substantive agreement at present, thereby forcing the league to shut down. While the owners may well be setting up Engelbert to be “the fall guy” in all of this, that still doesn’t get her much sympathy from me or most WBB fans. Her “ham-handed” way of dealing with all of this has pissed off everybody. [/QUOTE]