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NEW YORK (AP) #8212;Officials from the NBA and players #8217; association will meetWednesday, less than a week after three days of talks with a federal mediatorcouldn #8217;t produce a deal to end the lockout, a person with knowledge of the planssaid. Talks broke down last Thursday after players said owners insisted they agreeto a 50-50 split of revenues before they would further discuss the s college football schedule alary capsystem. By not reaching an agreement last week, the NBA will likely be forced tocancel more games to go with the two weeks that were already scrapped.There was a far nastier tone than usual to the breakdown, with unionpresident Derek Fisher(notes) of the Lakers accusing Deputy Commissioner Adam Silverand Spurs owner Peter Holt, chairman of the league #8217;s labor relations committee,of l college football schedule ying during their press conference.But just as they have multiple times this month when they walked away fromthe table without another meeting scheduled, the sides are getting back at itrelatively quickly.The meeting, first reported by the Daily News of New York, will be smallgroups from each side, the person told The Associated Press on condition ofanonymity because details of the negotiations we college football schedule re to remain private.Commissioner David Stern will take part after he was forced to miss the sessionlast Thursday because of an illness.Stern said without a deal last week, he feared games could be lost rightthrough Christmas. The sides tried, spending 30 hours together while meeting forthree straight days for the first time since the lockout began July 1. They madesome progress on minor issues, b college football schedule ut continue to be stuck on the two main ones.Players proposed lowering their guarantee of basketball-related income to52.5 percent, leaving the sides about $100 million apart annually based on lastseason #8217;s revenues. They are also sparring over the length of contracts and theraises attached to them, along with the penalties teams would face for exceedingthe luxury tax level. Fantasy Basket college football schedule ball '11 registration is open. Sign up today! And follow Yahoo! Sports' NBA coverage on Twitter. Updated 5 hours, 2 minutes ago college football schedule
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