NBA union reportedly proposing to use TV revenue to help ex-players

The National Basketball Players Association will propose a plan to its members that will designate millions of dollars from the NBA's impending television revenue to aid former players' health insurance costs, Yahoo Sports/FOX Sports 1 NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski reported.

The proposal will cost the union between $10 million and $15 million a year and will be voted on during the NBPA's July 20 membership meeting in Las Vegas, according to the report. The plan reportedly is expected to pass without any resistance.

Executive director Michele Roberts, director of player relations Roger Mason and the NBPA's executive committee were moved by stories of former players who couldn't afford basic medical care, according to the report. If the plan passes, the NBPA reportedly is hoping to offer three health-care options to the approximately 1,500 living ex-players.

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