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<blockquote data-quote="jaybadger82" data-source="post: 447390" data-attributes="member: 6211"><p>Basically, everything you've said above boils down to your subjective evaluation regarding the continued necessity of the players union...</p><p> </p><p>And I understand where you're coming from. I'm a big proponent of free markets myself and in most contexts I believe that unions are no longer "necessary" (in the sense of ensuring minimally-adequate working conditions/ compensation), though the threat of unionization remains a necessary and important deterrent for employers that overreach in a variety of industries.</p><p> </p><p>My view on the NFLPA has less to do with its continuing utility or some kind of moral righteousness. It has more to do with what players <em>can</em> do. Regardless of your opinion concerning the NFL's current revenue split, the laws of this country permit professional football players to organize and campaign on behalf of their interests. You may not like it but they're free to do it anyway. Again, I suggest you deal with it (as owners have for the most part).</p><p> </p><p>I continue to find your glorification of owners a bit perplexing. Not because I have a problem with people making money, but because you extend them too much credit in the big scheme of things. They didn't invent the game. From ticket sales to merchandizing to TV contracts, professional baseball provided the model. And hell, it's taxpayers that are building the stadiums nowadays.</p><p> </p><p>You shower these guys with praise for monetizing "a children's game" without acknowledging the basic principles of free market capitalism you claim to champion: where there's a void in the market, someone will step in to fill it. If it weren't Dan Snyder or Arthur Blank, it would have been someone else. I'm glad for the NFL, I just under no illusion that professional football wouldn't have evolved in some form or another without the current collection of NFL owners. The starry-eyed adoration is a bit ridiculous and the league certainly doesn't need you to rally to their defense when it's employees seek greater wages/benefits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaybadger82, post: 447390, member: 6211"] Basically, everything you've said above boils down to your subjective evaluation regarding the continued necessity of the players union... And I understand where you're coming from. I'm a big proponent of free markets myself and in most contexts I believe that unions are no longer "necessary" (in the sense of ensuring minimally-adequate working conditions/ compensation), though the threat of unionization remains a necessary and important deterrent for employers that overreach in a variety of industries. My view on the NFLPA has less to do with its continuing utility or some kind of moral righteousness. It has more to do with what players [I]can[/I] do. Regardless of your opinion concerning the NFL's current revenue split, the laws of this country permit professional football players to organize and campaign on behalf of their interests. You may not like it but they're free to do it anyway. Again, I suggest you deal with it (as owners have for the most part). I continue to find your glorification of owners a bit perplexing. Not because I have a problem with people making money, but because you extend them too much credit in the big scheme of things. They didn't invent the game. From ticket sales to merchandizing to TV contracts, professional baseball provided the model. And hell, it's taxpayers that are building the stadiums nowadays. You shower these guys with praise for monetizing "a children's game" without acknowledging the basic principles of free market capitalism you claim to champion: where there's a void in the market, someone will step in to fill it. If it weren't Dan Snyder or Arthur Blank, it would have been someone else. I'm glad for the NFL, I just under no illusion that professional football wouldn't have evolved in some form or another without the current collection of NFL owners. The starry-eyed adoration is a bit ridiculous and the league certainly doesn't need you to rally to their defense when it's employees seek greater wages/benefits. [/QUOTE]
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