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Heat owner was against CBA

Published Dec. 22, 2011 12:00 a.m. ET

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Heat owner Micky Arison is revealing that he cast a ballot against passing the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement.

Arison says it was ''a protest vote'' primarily in response to the way revenue-sharing components of the deal will be structured. He is the second owner to reveal that he voted against the CBA, joining Dallas' Mark Cuban.

In all, five teams voted against the CBA. Arison would not name the other owners who voted no.

Arison declined to say if he would have cast the ''no'' vote if the CBA wasn't already assured of passage. Enough votes to pass were already secured by the time Miami made its selection.

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