RENO, Nev. (AP) — Ex-NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley say the players unions took the owners to the cleaners in their era and now the current crop of multimillionaires probably will have to pay the price in the form of givebacks or run the real risk of extended lockouts into their regular seasons.
"I think it will be devastating but I think there is going to be a (NBA) lockout," Barkley said Thursday.
"I personally think in football and basketball, the owners are going to win this," he said. "We have been kicking their butt for a long time in the last couple of collective bargaining agreements. I think the owners, they are going for the jugular this time."
The two television analysts had few encouraging words for current players Thursday while talking to reporters during a teleconference promoting the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship that runs July 15-17 at Lake Tahoe.
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