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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
What are you basing that position on? The league will most likely be found to be engaging in an illegal lockout which is a violation of the CBA.
Well considering each of the 700+ players pays around $11k/year in Union dues, you can do the math but my guess would be long enough to get a ruling.
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Even if you were generous and went with 800 players it's still not a large sum of money compared to what Murray Edwards has alone.
This case is a textbook definition of Force Majeure. There's a global pandemic that has muddied the intent of the agreement. Do you think a court will find that the evolving global situation around pandemic control is
not disruptive enough to trigger that clause? I disagree entirely if so.