New NBA measures bid to curb tampering violations

NBA team owners passed stricter measures to force compliance with player tampering and salary-cap rules on Friday after a wild offseason where several top stars changed clubs.

The tougher regulations provide for fines of up to $10 million, voiding of contracts, forfeiting of NBA draft selections and suspensions of team executives who seek to attract players while they are under contract to another team.

"We need to ensure that we're creating a culture of compliance in this league and our teams want to know they're competing on a level playing field and frankly don't want to feel disadvantaged if they are adhering to our existing rules," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said.