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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule
Pretty sure that when you join any union, you assign it the right to negotiate for you, and in the same vane, barring pure negligence or gross misconduct, you agree to abide by the agreements the union settles on. Sometimes a vote is required, but I doubt the handful of players that might benefit from what you are talking about, would be outweighed by the majority of the players who see the whole tradeoff as a good thing.
Unions would fall apart if each time an individual member could sue the union each time he/she was unhappy about a negotiated policy.
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Pro sports players unions are not unions in the true sense of the word. I never knew a union where individual members were able to negotiate their own pay. If the NFLPA were a true union a QB would make QB pay, a LB make LB pay, etc. Players would not work out their own compensation.