In the beginning of September, Sports Illustrated.com published an article discussing The Big O on revenue sharing and the current lockout debate in the NBA. Zach Lowe writes, “… the general issue of revenue sharing is clearly not new, and the players’ union forty years ago was arguing that revenue sharing, rather than cutting player salaries, could stabilize the league. Forty years later, the NBA still does not split gate receipts (something the NFL does), and every team gets to keep 100 percent of its local television revenues.”

The Big O, written by Oscar Robertson, is his memoir of his time as a player, the records he broke and how he changed the NBA through a lawsuit that ended restrictions on free agency.

And what will hopefully be the forthcoming NBA season will mark both the 50th anniversary of The Big O's triple-double season (1961-62) and the 35th anniversary of the implementation of the Oscar Robertson Rule.

The Oscar Robertson Rule came from a class-action lawsuit against the NBA and its 14 teams. The settlement eliminated the "option" or "reserve" clause in the NBA's uniform player contract (which bound a player to one team for life at the team's option), and was the first step toward unrestricted free agency in the NBA.

Read more about the rule at TheBigO.com.