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Originally Posted by SBXVII
Ok, so your telling me that the steel industry has to show their books to the unions, the oil companies have to show their books to the unions, the coal companies have to show their books to the unions? Every cent is accounted for?
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Seriously? Why are you still comparing normal employees to NFL players? It's not the same. They are the product that the NFL is offering. Do you not understand that?
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Originally Posted by SBXVII
I provided bad analogies perhaps but it wasn't I who started saying that Rock stars are shown what the stadium makes that they played in in order to pay the Rock star. Basically what was stated was People that provide entertainment are entitled to see the books because they get paid a percentage of the total take for their performance
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The problem with your analogy is that the Rock star sets the demand on the venues of how much they'll be taking. (and more than the venue gets I imagine) That amount depends on how big the act is. U2 could demand more money from Fed-Ex field than would a Hootie and the Blowfish. However, when you are talking about "demanding to see the books", I assure you there isn't 1 billion dollars at stake at these concerts or performances either. That said, I guarantee you that if any venue went to the Rock Star and said, you need to take less because I'm losing money, chances are he would ask to see the books or he'd flat out walk out and play somewhere else. Why? Because the people are there to see/listen to him. He's the star, not the venue.
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Originally Posted by SBXVII
The whole point of a union is to protect the employee. Whether it be through health insurance, payment, safety rules and so forth. I don't have a problem with the union trying to get what they can for the employee. .
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Since you like comparing the NFL players to normal employees. How come ALL of the nfl employees aren't in the same union?