ARTICLE XXVIII: BROADCAST OR TELECAST RIGHTS

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Section 1. League Rights
Section 2. No Suit
Section 3. Reservation of Rights

Section 1. League Rights.
During the term of this Agreement, the Players Association agrees that the NBA, Properties, Media Ventures, and NBA Teams have the right to use, distribute, or license any performance by the players, under this Agreement or the Uniform Player Contract, for any form of broadcast or telecast, including over-the-air television, cable television, pay television, direct broadcast satellite television, and any form of cassette, cartridge, or disk system, or other means of distribution known or unknown.

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Section 2. No Suit.
The Players Association, for itself and present and future NBA players, covenants not to sue (or finance any suit against) the NBA, Properties, Media Ventures, and any NBA Team, or, any of their respective past, present and future owners (direct and indirect) acting in their capacity as owners of any of the foregoing entities, officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents, attorneys, licensees, successors, heirs, administrators, executors and assigns, with respect to the use, distribution, or license, for any form of broadcast or telecast, including over-the-air television, cable television, pay television, or direct broadcast satellite television, and any form of cassette, cartridge, or disk system, or other means of distribution known or unknown, of any performances by any player rendered under this Agreement or prior collective bargaining agreements, or under Player Contracts made pursuant thereto, during any period up to and including the day following the last Playoff game of the 2010-11 NBA Season (or, if the NBA exercises its option to extend this Agreement, up to and including the day following the last Playoff game of the 2011-12 NBA Season).

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Section 3. Reservation of Rights.
The Players Association expressly reserves its rights to bargain collectively on the subject described in Section 1 above at the expiration of this Agreement. Such reservation shall not, however, preclude the NBA from contending that the subject described in Section 1 above is not a mandatory subject of collective bargaining.

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