The Facts:
With fans celebrating the return of the NFL season, the NFLPA is providing us all with regular reminders that the league and the players are on a collision course for a potential work stoppage in 2011. But the news this time is good, at least for the fans. Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal reports that all players will be asked to vote to authorize decertification. Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that the Saints already have voted unanimously to allow decertification.
Reported by Pro Football Weekly
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
As PFT's Mike Florio explains, decertification would be used either to block a lockout or to combat the unilateral imposition of work rules by the league. Put simply, if the NFLPA decertifies, the league would then be required to promulgate player acquisition and retention rules on an across-the-board basis. The union then would sue the league, arguing that the imposition of standard rules regarding player acquisition and retention among 32 different businesses constitutes a violation of antitrust laws. The move likely would prevent a work stoppage. And as Florio suggests, if the NFL were to attack the move by calling it a sham, it would be very easy for the union to point out to the fans that they are doing everything they can to ensure that football will continue -- and that the NFL is trying to take it away. Florio summed up: "Either way, as we get ready to enjoy Week 1 of the 2010 regular season, this development encourages us that there will be a Week 1 in 2011."
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