(October 27, 2011) — One hundred games cancelled, just like that. Fans will never know who would’ve won. The NBA Lockout continues and is approaching its fourth month as players and owners can’t agree on a deal. Owners want more money because they claim they aren’t making enough profit, while players don’t want to lose out on all their money. Currently both sides want a 53-47 split of the earnings, which changes the 57-43 split favoring the players. Junior Rinet Apelian, who plays basketball for Glendale High School, said she thinks the players are being very greedy because they are demanding more when they already make millions. “They have to understand that right now the economy isn’t in place and they should just be satisfied with any offer,” said Apelian Senior Ryan Mirkhanian, a longtime basketball player and fan, says both sides are being greedy because all they want is more money, whereas the fans just want to watch the game of basketball. “This lockout is just pointless because NBA players and owners are already making so much money from tickets, jerseys, and everything else that they sell and they are still complaining,” said Mirkanian. “We fans who don’t make anything close to what they make are not complaining and just want to have fun by watching some basketball.” According to ESPN, the president of the National Basketball Player’s Association, Derek Fisher of the Los Angeles Lakers, thinks that the player’s unity will help with the lockout. NBA Commissioner David Stern called in a federal mediator, George Cohen, hoping to speed up the negotiation process. Cohen helped speed up and end the NFL Lockout, so Stern is hoping he can help end the NBA Lockout as well. Unfortunately, neither side is backing down from their negotiations. At one point the owners offered a 50-50 split, but the players declined to accept the offer. The players decreased their deal from 53% to 52%, but this offer wasn’t accepted either. Apelian said that the only way to resolve this lockout is by talking through a compromise, but she knows that isn’t going to be easy. Mirkhanian hopes a decision will be made by early to mid November in order to get the season started. It was reported on the NBA’s website that Stern had told the public that if negotiations aren’t made soon, he is planning on cancelling games up until Christmas Day. The cancellation of that many games could lead to a financial hit of more than $1 billion for both sides. While negotiations are being made in the United States, many players have resorted to playing overseas. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has cleared players to play overseas as long as they leave once the lockout ends. Tony Parker, Deron Williams and Sasha Vujacic are among the many NBA players joining European teams while the lockout continues. Senior John Paul Lionel said that as long as the NBA players come back to the NBA once the lockout ends, he doesn’t mind them playing overseas. Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant hasn’t agreed to playing for an overseas team, but he has been in talks with Turkish club Besiktas, Italian team Virtus Bologna and a number of Chinese teams. “Kobe Bryant should play overseas because an Italian team is willing to give him $600,000 per game and that’s really good for him,” said Lionel, who is a Kobe fan. Mirkhanian said he hopes the lockout will end and he will be able to see the Los Angeles Lakers as the 2011-2012 NBA Champions.