president awarding himself a no-bid federal contract to host the g7 summit of world leaders. welcome to friday. it s meet the press daily and good evening. yes, this was one of those weeks. i am chuck todd. how many more weeks like this one can elected republicans in capitol hill stomach? the president has lost control of the impeachment inquiry. he s copped to asking foreign governments to investigate his political rivals. his top diplomats are testifying to how he enlisted the state department in that effort. then his acting chief of staff admitted to a quid pro quo with ukraine and then tried to say we didn t hear what we heard him say. his withdrawal and ceasefire in syria are viewed as historic failure of u.s. foreign policy. and the white house s strategy on all of it is seemingly changing by the day. making it near impossible for republicans who would like to defend the president to credibly defend the president. how can they defend his conspiracy theories about the biden s
times for people who aren t rich players or owners. take san antonio. the spurs are the only major pro sports team. some 4,000 people depend on them for a living. and then cities like sacramento, orlando, portland, salt lake city, the nba is the only major pro sport in that town. we ll see the economic impact there for sure in those cities. so, let s talk more about this with mike pesca from mpr. mike, it s a complicated money dispute, no doubt. what is the main sticking point at 9:01 eastern time on this tuesday? money. lots and lots of money. the players get 57% of all basketball relate under come and the owners get 43% and the owners are saying just not a high enough percent for us to have this be a viable business. inowners are saying 22 of the 30 teams don t make a profit. they re willing or at least publicly saying they re willing to blow up this system. nba players are very well paid. the best in professional sports in the world. their average salary is between $5 mi