This is a repository which will host a bookdown version of the 2017 NBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The literal pdf version of the CBA can be found on the NBPA's website as well as the raw folder of this repository. It is a 598 page legal document which provides various rules of competition within the labor market for NBA players.

The purpose of this repository is two-fold: 1) to provide easier navigation of the CBA through a structured format of each Article and Section and 2) for me to better understand the CBA through this exercise. The current version of the CBA does not contain a navigable table of contents or bookmarks to the different Articles and Sections of the agreement. This makes searching through the document cumbersome and frustrating. Enter bookdown as a method for converting each Article in the CBA to it's own chapter in bookdown and each Section as a sub-chapter. This will also provide different formats for the document to viewed (HTML, PDF, e-book) which will make viewing the CBA easier.

Currently, the structure for links within the CBA is to always provide a link to the particular Article-Section or Exhibit which is referenced in a portion of the CBA (but only the first time it is referenced there). This is because bookdown will automatically provide an anchor for every Article and Section based upon its title.

The Articles are as follows:

1. ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
2. ARTICLE II UNIFORM PLAYER CONTRACT
3. ARTICLE III PLAYER EXPENSES
4. ARTICLE IV BENEFITS
5. ARTICLE V COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH MILITARY DUTY
6. ARTICLE VI PLAYER CONDUCT
7. ARTICLE VII BASKETBALL RELATED INCOME, SALARY CAP, MINIMUM TEAM SALARY, AND ESCROW ARRANGEMENT
8. ARTICLE VIII ROOKIE SCALE
9. ARTICLE IX LENGTH OF PLAYER CONTRACTS
10. ARTICLE X PLAYER ELIGIBILITY AND NBA DRAFT
11. ARTICLE XI FREE AGENCY
12. ARTICLE XII OPTION CLAUSES
13. ARTICLE XIII CIRCUMVENTION
14. ARTICLE XIV ANTI-COLLUSION PROVISIONS
15. ARTICLE XV CERTIFICATIONS
16. ARTICLE XVI MUTUAL RESERVATION OF RIGHTS
17. ARTICLE XVII PROCEDURE WITH RESPECT TO PLAYING CONDITIONS AT VARIOUS FACILITIES
18. ARTICLE XVIII TRAVEL ACCOMMODATIONS, LOCKER ROOM FACILITIES AND PARKING
19. ARTICLE XIX UNION SECURITY, DUES AND CHECK-OFF
20. ARTICLE XX SCHEDULING
21. ARTICLE XXI NBA ALL-STAR GAME
22. ARTICLE XXII PLAYER HEALTH AND WELLNESS
23. ARTICLE XXIII EXHIBITION GAMES AND OFF-SEASON GAMES AND EVENTS
24. ARTICLE XXIV PROHIBITION OF NO-TRADE CONTRACTS
25. ARTICLE XXV LIMITATION ON DEFERRED COMPENSATION
26. ARTICLE XXVI TEAM RULES
27. ARTICLE XXVII RIGHT OF SET-OFF
28. ARTICLE XXVIII MEDIA RIGHTS
29. ARTICLE XXIX MISCELLANEOUS
30. ARTICLE XXX NO-STRIKE AND NO-LOCKOUT PROVISIONS AND OTHER UNDERTAKINGS
31. ARTICLE XXXI GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION PROCEDURE AND SPECIAL PROCEDURES WITH RESPECT TO DISPUTES INVOLVING PLAYER DISCIPLINE
32. ARTICLE XXXII SYSTEM ARBITRATION
33. ARTICLE XXXIII ANTI-DRUG PROGRAM
34. ARTICLE XXXIV RECOGNITION CLAUSE
35. ARTICLE XXXV SAVINGS CLAUSE
36. ARTICLE XXXVI PLAYER AGENTS
37. ARTICLE XXXVII PLAYER APPEARANCES/UNIFORM
38. ARTICLE XXXVIII INTEGRATION, ENTIRE AGREEMENT, INTERPRETATION, AND CHOICE OF LAW
39. ARTICLE XXXIX TERM OF AGREEMENT
40. ARTICLE XL EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION
41. ARTICLE XLI NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
42. ARTICLE XLII OTHER