PLAYER-TEAM COOPERATION
Player-Team Planning Committee.
- A Player-Team Planning Committee (hereinafter “Planning Committee”) shall be established for the purpose of examining and discussing issues arising with respect to the implementation of this Agreement, improving relations between players and Teams, and fostering the growth and success of the NBA.
- The Planning Committee shall consist of eight (8) members: the Commissioner of the NBA and three (3) NBA Team owners, and the Executive Director of the Players Association and three (3) NBA players. The respective owners and players who shall be members of the Planning Committee will be selected, and the lengths of their terms fixed, under such rules as the NBA and the Players Association separately establish; the original members of the Committee will be selected within thirty (30) days following the execution of this Agreement. The Planning Committee will hold regular face-to-face meetings at least twice each year on dates and at sites mutually agreeable to the Committee members. The meetings may be attended by staff members and advisors of the NBA and the Players Association.