Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan thinks it might be time to revisit the structuring of free agency rules at the next collective bargaining agreement.

The NBA's Board of Governors held a meeting earlier this month in Las Vegas to discuss several topics, including tampering and the number of deals that were made this offseason. The goal, according to a report from ESPN, was to figure out a way to “level the playing field.”

Just a few days after the Board of Governors meeting, the NBA began an investigation revolving around the timing of the earliest-reported deals that transpired this offseason.

Following the NBA's investigation, several owners from around the league met to discuss  the need of revisiting free agency rules. Jordan was among those who were outspoken:

Via ESPN's Zach Lowe and Brian Windhorst:

The investigation followed a tense owners meeting, which multiple sources described to ESPN. Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan, speaking as the head of the labor committee, discussed the possible need to revisit free-agency rules in the next collective bargaining agreement, sources said.

In this age of internet and cell phones, it's difficult for the NBA to limit communications entirely. The league has dealt with issues in the past (revenue sharing rules, for example), but this is a totally new complication.

Several potential changes have been discussed, as noted by ESPN:

• The possibility of allowing teams to talk to free agents and their representatives immediately after the end of the Finals or a few days later, even if there is still some moratorium on striking official deals until some set time after the draft.

• Conduct free agency, signings and all, before the NBA draft.

• Reducing the current moratorium on official signings.

• If players can continue to recruit each other freely and at all times, the general sense was that teams should have more time and methods of communicating with impending free agents.

• One item discussed openly and explicitly: frustration that family members of players were almost acting as agents and asking for benefits outside the scope of the collective bargaining agreement.

At this point, it is not clear what sort of arrangements the NBA and its owners will agree upon. One thing is clear, though: the discussions are heating up.