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09:52 AM ET 09.30 | While NBA players were locked out as their leaders tried to hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement, their union's executive director, Billy Hunter, was not missing any paydays. Hunter made $3 million in salary this last year, when the NBA played a compacted 66-game season and players missed paychecks during a lengthy lockout. It was a 25% salary increase, according to Bloomberg news service. By comparison, DeMaurice Smith, the NFL Players Assn. executive director, made $1.38 million this last season, although the players did give him a $1-million bonus after he led negotiations that landed a new 10-year labor deal with the nation's most popular league. Michael Weiner, the leader of the MLB Players' Assn., made $1 million. "If I'm a rank-and-file member of this union I've got to ask myself -- Is Billy really worth three times the guy at MLBPA?" said Paul Swangard of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon, in an email to Bloomberg. Don Fehr, head of the NHL Players Assn., is not being paid during the hockey lockout.

Billy Hunter, Patrick McDermott/Getty Images

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September 30, 2012 09:54 AM ET

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It Was All About You, Bro.

I Love LA

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September 30, 2012 10:15 AM ET

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He's a lawyer.

Lawyers always get paid.

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September 30, 2012 10:17 AM ET

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Originally posted 10:15 AM ET 09.30 by Otis B. Driftwood

He's a lawyer. Lawyers always get paid.

Yep. Win or lose Lawyers get paid.

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September 30, 2012 05:56 PM ET

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Damn Billy...your position aged you!!! Billy reminds me of a Chia Pet!!

CREEPY FACE !!

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September 30, 2012 06:11 PM ET

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Originally posted 11:23 AM ET 09.30 by It Wasn't Me

Love him or hate him, David Stern has really grown the business.

Nope. Love them or hate them, but Magic, Bird, MJ, Yao, and others really grew the business.

TrueFan

Oakland , CA

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September 30, 2012 08:27 PM ET

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Originally posted 06:11 PM ET 09.30 by TrueFan

Nope. Love them or hate them, but Magic, Bird, MJ, Yao, and others really grew the business.

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Otis B. Driftwood

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September 30, 2012 10:18 PM ET

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Why is this news? Is it because a black man made $3+million dollars? I noticed they NEVER mention what executives from these leagues made. Everyone has a problem when organized labor has people making money, but they don't see any problem with organized management doing the same. I love it when a Wall Street CEO drives a company into the ground and in some cases bankruptcy, yet he leaves with a bonus and / or a buyout. Why shouldn't Billy Hunter have been paid during the lockout?, he was WORKING to get a new CBA for his representatives.

LeBron Modell

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September 30, 2012 11:04 PM ET

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Sounds like the CEO s of the banks with the bailouts....Nothing more than crooks...

slipped on a peeling

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October 1, 2012 12:14 AM ET

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sounds like he got paid a bit much for what he did.

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October 1, 2012 09:43 AM ET

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Originally posted 10:18 PM ET 09.30 by LeBron Modell

Why is this news? Is it because a black man made $3+million dollars? I noticed they NEVER mention what executives from these leagues made. Everyone has a problem when organized labor has people making money, but they don't see any problem with organized management doing the same. I love it when a Wall Street CEO drives a company into the ground and in some cases bankruptcy, yet he leaves with a bonus and / or a buyout. Why shouldn't Billy Hunter have been paid during the lockout?, he was WORKING to get a new CBA for his representatives.

The Race card?!?!? Really??? don't need to go there son...