Just a note: on page 287 of the 2011 CBA there is this paragraph
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20. WAIVER AND RELEASE. Player waives and releases: (i) any claims relating to the 2011 lockout; (ii) any antitrust claims relating to the Draft, restrictions on free agency, franchise player designations, transition player designations, the Entering Player Pool, the Rookie Compensation Pool, or any other term or condition of employment relating to conduct engaged in prior to the date of this Agreement; and (iii) any claims relating to conduct engaged in pursuant to the express terms of any collective bargaining agreement during the term of any such agreement. This waiver and release also extends to any conduct engaged in pursuant to the express terms of the Stipulation and Settle-ment Agreement in White. This waiver and release does not waive any rights player may have to commence a grievance under the 2006 CBA or to commence a grievance or other arbitration under the 2011 CBA.
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It is out of context from a club against league grievance like the salary cap issue, but I only did a quick word search, not a reading of the whole bloody thing. My point (and to SBXVII's contention) is that it's highly unlikely that clubs would just throw out all ability to file grievances, or resolve disputes from the 2006 CBA, and instead wrote some language to allow a team to seek some form of mediation in case a said dispute did arise.