The basketball strike and some confusing lingo

Via Deadspin I saw this AP article on the latest twist in the NBA labor dispute and this tweet from columnist Adrian Wojnarowski : “The chances of losing the entire 2011-12 season has suddenly become the likelihood.” Assuming we correct to “likelihood,” what does this mean from a statistical standpoint? Is this frequentist analysis of a Bayesian procedure? Help me out folks…

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