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Originally Posted by transplant99
Disagree completely.
The PA had all the leverage until they de-certified. Now the next pressure point comes when players start missing paychecks.
that being said its also a pressure point for owners as they wont be selling tickets nor collecting TV revenue unless their appeal works. We saw with the NHL who was able to out wait who in that situation though.
this thing just went from possibly getting done to nothing getting done for months...at the earliest.
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By decertifying the players are indicating that they are willing to play.
The owners will try to stop the decertification.
That is because if the players are not in a union and the owners try to lock them out, then the players raise an anti-trust argument they they are independent contractors and the owners are acting as a collective.
At any of these steps a settlement can occur, all that happens is the balance of power shifts back and forth.
The players may still play just like under the current CBA.
All this stuff has happened before. Millionaires arguing with billionaires.