Basketball union director Billy Hunter speaks to the media in New York Monday, Oct. 19, 1998, after an arbitrator rejected the union's grievance that all players with guaranteed contracts should be paid during the lockout. The ruling by arbitrator John Feerick, dean of Fordham of Law School, bolstered the bargaining position of the owners and saved them from having to go to court to avoid paying more than $700 million in salaries. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)