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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Because their employer wouldn’t let them go?
I can see sureloss’ point about them not making an issue of it during previous CBA negotiations, but there’s no guarantee the league would have agreed to it anyways without demanding for concessions the players didn’t want to agree to either.
Both sides could have potentially done things differently to ensure participation, but as it stands currently the league are the ones who are not allowing their players to participate, there’s no other way to put it.
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They had ample opportunities to secure Olympic participation. They didnt take any of them.
And 'Because their employer wouldn’t let them go?'
Of course!
Their employer (<-Important term) had to pay their travel, accommodation, insurance and lose revenue from their primary business in exchange for......nothing.
Yeah, I think thats an easy deal to pass on.
And then, magnanimously, they still offered terms for the players to participate in exchange for a lengthened CBA, etc, and the players (employees) didnt give so much as an inch.
So yeah, they decided not to risk their business interests and pay for their employees to go to Korea in exchange for nothing.
Seems pretty straightforward. The employees bargained collectively regarding what was important to them and they made it clear that Olympic participation was not included in that conversation.
Its 100% on the players. Nobody gets anything for nothing.