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The biggest beneficiaries of the newly reached collective bargaining agreement are actually the ones who stand to profit the least from it. For NBA fans and arena workers who enjoy watching basketball or need the income from working games, the knowledge that not a single second of next season will be lost to labor strife is welcome relief.For everyone else in the basketball business, its just life continuing on. The new CBA feels like a tie between owners and players. That counts as a quasi-victory for the players, but its a reminder of just how big a victory the 2011 lockout was for the owners. They got what they wanted and felt they needed at that time, even if it took away about two months of the season.The amicable nature and accelerated pace of negotiations this time around made it seem as if the owners took a look at the dessert menu after a satisfying meal and said, Nahhh, were good.Their big achievement in 2011 was lowering the players share of basketball-related revenue from 57 percent to around 50 percent. It was a victory that grew in magnitude when the new national TV deals came in at $24 billion over nine years. The 6 percent difference was worth an extra $1.4 billion to the owners from the ESPN and TNT contracts alone.Five years ago, the owners were willing to lose two months worth of games and push the start of the season back to Christmas Day in order to get what they wanted. The players were willing to make the same sacrifices in an attempt to hold off the changes, until both sides averted the Armageddon of a lost season by reaching a deal. They missed games because ultimately they could afford to do so. They werent even punished by the fans, as regular-season television ratings actually increased during the shortened season.Even though history told both sides they could have gotten away with another work stoppage, they had no desire this time. There might have been points worth arguing but nothing that escalated into a fight. A league that has always been image-conscious (e.g., the dress code) also realized it would be a bad look to squabble over money at a time when franchise values and player contracts had soared.The rush to make a deal also meant that some of the unpopular practices of the league wont be addressed at the highest possible level, via the collective bargaining agreement. One such example played out just as the new agreement was being announced, with stars such as LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, DeMarcus Cousins and LaMarcus Aldridge sitting out as preventive measures, rather than because of serious injuries.(I happened to be working the Spurs game Wednesday night, and in a pregame meeting with coach Gregg Popovich, he waved off his role as the forefather of that movement. Pop said he didnt draw some scientific conclusion; he simply started the practice in order to extend the career of Tim Duncan after Duncans knee injury forced Popovich to shut him down for the 2000 playoffs).There will be incremental measures to avoid the resting epidemic, such as shortening the preseason and spreading out the NBA calendar to decrease the schedule density. But we wont see the dramatic step of shortening the regular season.Its interesting to keep in mind that while the 82-game season might be difficult to change without high-level negotiations, the ability to lighten the players workload by changing the playoffs is not. The 2003 decision to extend the first round from best-of-five to best-of-seven not only happened mid-CBA -- it happened midseason. But good luck trying to take playoff games away from the networks shelling out all of those billions.What is left to be seen are the unintended consequences of the new agreement. For example, in the expiring CBA, the rules made it financially beneficial for a player to hit free agency rather than sign a contract extension, even if he had no desire to leave his current team, a loophole thats been addressed in the new deal.That CBA also failed to anticipate the impact that a huge jump in television revenue would have on the salary cap, which led to the one-time spike this summer that facilitated the contract explosion and allowed the Warriors to sign Kevin Durant. Surely there will be some kinks in the new deal that even the brightest negotiators and best-paid lawyers didnt anticipate.And as always, any built-in attempts to prevent the formation of superteams can be undone by players willingness to take less money.For now, though, there are no major complaints from either side. Any professional sports work stoppage is a failure by the richest members of a lucrative industry to realize how good they have it.That isnt the case in the NBA right now. 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Im going to wait until after this tournament is done and sort it out from there.My main focus is to play the match in front of me and to get my body and preparation spot on for Wednesday.A trip on the Tube on Tuesday to work, rather than the Wimbledon courtesy car Willis could have asked for, might not have quite fitted that bill but it sounded like he enjoyed it nonetheless.A couple of people came up to me and took some pictures. I was on the front page of a couple of newspapers. People were pointing at that, and they recognised me, said Willis, who will play seven-time Wimbledon champion Federer on Centre Court on Wednesday.Everyone was very lovely, and taking photos. It was all nice. Its been cool. Ive had lots of messages from the public. The public have been amazing. I havent had a chance to reply to them all. But thank you to everyone, it really means a lot to me.Andy Murray was among those who have congratulated Willis, with the qualifier disclosing that the former Wimbledon champion had left him a voicemail message.Everyone has been really supportive. Andy left me a voicemail. People have been sending lovely tweets. The support has been great, he said.Perhaps the most supportive off all has been his mother, Cathy, who, having watched her sons victory on Court 17, believes his achievement?shows other players that anything is possible.ddddddddddddI always told him, I think you can do it and now hes a bit older hes got the break he needed -- hes like the Jamie Vardy of tennis isnt he? He certainly likes a party, she told the Press Association.I would totally have understood if he had wanted to do something else, if hed been a dustman I would have been proud of him.I just hope he can inspire other people to keep fighting and keep dreaming the dream because hes shown it can happen.At a difficult time for Britain on several fronts -- the fallout from the Brexit referendum vote and European Championship exit by the England football team at the hands of Iceland on Monday evening dominated Tuesdays news agenda -- Willis was glad to be able to spread a little happiness.Its great. Im just doing my job and if I make people happy, thats fantastic, he said.Remarkably, Willis had no trouble sleeping after his victory over Lithuanias Ricardas Berankis. It was very easy to sleep last night. I was absolutely conked out by the time I got into bed. This is very different for me. Im enjoying every minute, but its very intense, he disclosed.It feels real. Im getting used to it. I will get used to it. Its still amazing and Im enjoying every minute of it. But Im here to play tennis.Federer has described Willis tale as very cool and one of the best stories in tennis for years. The Swiss has also spoken of his excitement at playing Willis. Thats weird that Federer has been saying that, but very cool, too, said Willis. Im excited to be playing him, too. ' ' '