So the owners of the National Basketball Association (NBA) locked out their players after the two sides failed to reach a new collective-bargaining agreement.

因此，当劳资双方未达成一个新的共同商讨的协议时，美国篮球职业联赛(NBA)的所有者们将球员赶出了联盟。

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NBA owners are bracing for a battle with players over their collective bargaining agreement, which expires after this season and a lockout is a strong possibility.

NBA管理层正与球员进行劳资谈判，现有的劳资协议这个赛季后将会到期，如果谈判失败NBA停摆很有可能。

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Owners locked out the players July 1 and the sides spent most of the summer and fall battling over the division of revenues and other changes owners wanted in a new collective bargaining agreement.

老板们在7月1日解散球员，双方花费了差不多整个夏天和秋天的斗争来划分收入和其它的一些更改，联盟的拥有者希望有一个新的集体协商协议。

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The union audits the owners' books every year--a condition of the last collective-bargaining agreement.

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They sued the league for antitrust violations in federal court just hours before the collective-bargaining agreement expired.

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"We signed this new collective-bargaining agreement in 2006 we haven't had a stadium built since then, " says Mr. Goodell.

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