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Old 08-09-2016, 02:49 PM   #521
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague View Post
A 5 second google search could tell you that this is totally wrong. They're arbitrations, governed in the same way as any arbitration under the Arbitration Act, and are binding as any other arbitration is. That being said, it's still voluntary for the parties to submit to arbitration. But the ruling is absolutely binding, you can't "choose to ignore it", and in general, arbitral decisions are quite hard to appeal, so getting it in front of a regular if you don't like the outcome is an uphill battle.
That only pertains to commercial disputes, and is still, as you say, utterly voluntary.
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