Bridgeman v. National Basketball Ass'n

OPINION

DEBEVOISE, District Judge.

On September 7, 1993 Merrell E. Clark, Jr., Esq., Special Master under the Settlement Agreement in this case (the “Bridge-man Settlement Agreement” or “BSA”), issued his Report $ 28 in which he found “that (1) a multiyear contract with a one-year out is not per se cap circumvention and (2) Arti cíes VI and VII of the BSA contemplate that there may be player options in multiyear contracts to lengthen or shorten the contracts.” The Special Master also dismissed the National Basketball Association’s (“NBA”) claims that a contract between the Portland Trail…