The Facts:
The final step in the NFL’s strategy against the union entails locking the players out, thereby depriving the players and the fans of football. The NFLPA’s final step entails decertifying in the hopes of blocking a lockout, thereby ensuring that football will continue, for the players and the fans. But it won’t be that easy, especially since the owners reportedly plan to try to impose a lockout even if the players decertify, according to Daniel Kaplan and Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal.
Reported by Profootballtalk.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
As PFT's Mike Florio put it: "At that point, it wouldn’t be a lockout. It would be the NFL going out of business. ..." Really? “If the union decertifies, it is not really correct to call it a ‘lockout,’” Gary Roberts, a former outside counsel for the league told SportsBusiness Journal. “As soon as you don’t have a union, it’s an employer ceasing operations.” According to Florio, some think that shutting the doors to a non-union work force would amount to an antitrust violation. Florio went on to suggest the easier path for the league would be to fight decertification as a sham. Two weeks ago, the NFL commenced that process by filing a claim before the National Labor Relations Board that the union isn’t bargaining in good faith because it wants to decertify, wait for the NFL to impose rules on behalf of 32 separate businesses, and file an antitrust lawsuit attacking those rules. ... Anybody else starting to get the feeling there isn't going to be an easy solution here? Stay tuned.
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