Around the League: WEEK 1 Baby!

[NC_Skins]

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.

Couldn't that be argued by the former and current ones who's had wages lost due to suspensions.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Couldn't that be argued by the former and current ones who's had wages lost due to suspensions.

I doubt it, the negotiations at the time were done in good faith by both sides. And there was no dissension in the voting. Again, if they have clear and overwhelming evidence to show either fact, then they should present the case, but the burden would absolutely be on the players making the claim versus the NFLPA at this point.