This is a repository which will host a bookdown version of the 2017 NBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The literal pdf version of the CBA can be found on the NBPA's website as well as the raw folder of this repository. It is a 598 page legal document which provides various rules of competition within the labor market for NBA players.
The purpose of this repository is two-fold: 1) to provide easier navigation of the CBA through a structured format of each Article and Section and 2) for me to better understand the CBA through this exercise. The current version of the CBA does not contain a navigable table of contents or bookmarks to the different Articles and Sections of the agreement. This makes searching through the document cumbersome and frustrating. Enter bookdown as a method for converting each Article in the CBA to it's own chapter in bookdown and each Section as a sub-chapter. This will also provide different formats for the document to viewed (HTML, PDF, e-book) which will make viewing the CBA easier.
Currently, the structure for links within the CBA is to always provide a link to the particular Article-Section or Exhibit which is referenced in a portion of the CBA (but only the first time it is referenced there). This is because bookdown will automatically provide an anchor for every Article and Section based upon its title.
The Articles are as follows:
- ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
- ARTICLE II UNIFORM PLAYER CONTRACT
- ARTICLE III PLAYER EXPENSES
- ARTICLE IV BENEFITS
- ARTICLE V COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH MILITARY DUTY
- ARTICLE VI PLAYER CONDUCT
- ARTICLE VII BASKETBALL RELATED INCOME, SALARY CAP, MINIMUM TEAM SALARY, AND ESCROW ARRANGEMENT
- ARTICLE VIII ROOKIE SCALE
- ARTICLE IX LENGTH OF PLAYER CONTRACTS
- ARTICLE X PLAYER ELIGIBILITY AND NBA DRAFT
- ARTICLE XI FREE AGENCY
- ARTICLE XII OPTION CLAUSES
- ARTICLE XIII CIRCUMVENTION
- ARTICLE XIV ANTI-COLLUSION PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE XV CERTIFICATIONS
- ARTICLE XVI MUTUAL RESERVATION OF RIGHTS
- ARTICLE XVII PROCEDURE WITH RESPECT TO PLAYING CONDITIONS AT VARIOUS FACILITIES
- ARTICLE XVIII TRAVEL ACCOMMODATIONS, LOCKER ROOM FACILITIES AND PARKING
- ARTICLE XIX UNION SECURITY, DUES AND CHECK-OFF
- ARTICLE XX SCHEDULING
- ARTICLE XXI NBA ALL-STAR GAME
- ARTICLE XXII PLAYER HEALTH AND WELLNESS
- ARTICLE XXIII EXHIBITION GAMES AND OFF-SEASON GAMES AND EVENTS
- ARTICLE XXIV PROHIBITION OF NO-TRADE CONTRACTS
- ARTICLE XXV LIMITATION ON DEFERRED COMPENSATION
- ARTICLE XXVI TEAM RULES
- ARTICLE XXVII RIGHT OF SET-OFF
- ARTICLE XXVIII MEDIA RIGHTS
- ARTICLE XXIX MISCELLANEOUS
- ARTICLE XXX NO-STRIKE AND NO-LOCKOUT PROVISIONS AND OTHER UNDERTAKINGS
- ARTICLE XXXI GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION PROCEDURE AND SPECIAL PROCEDURES WITH RESPECT TO DISPUTES INVOLVING PLAYER DISCIPLINE
- ARTICLE XXXII SYSTEM ARBITRATION
- ARTICLE XXXIII ANTI-DRUG PROGRAM
- ARTICLE XXXIV RECOGNITION CLAUSE
- ARTICLE XXXV SAVINGS CLAUSE
- ARTICLE XXXVI PLAYER AGENTS
- ARTICLE XXXVII PLAYER APPEARANCES/UNIFORM
- ARTICLE XXXVIII INTEGRATION, ENTIRE AGREEMENT, INTERPRETATION, AND CHOICE OF LAW
- ARTICLE XXXIX TERM OF AGREEMENT
- ARTICLE XL EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION
- ARTICLE XLI NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
- ARTICLE XLII OTHER