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[ShaolinFlame]

What is the term for when a bunch of owners in a sports league work together to ensure that a high profile free agent gets less than market value (they all communicate behind the players back).

Thanks for any help!

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by ShaolinFlame

What is the term for when a bunch of owners in a sports league work together to ensure that a high profile free agent gets less than market value (they all communicate behind the players back).

Thanks for any help!

Not sure, maybe collusion? Conspiracy?

col·lu·sion /kəˈluʒən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuh-loo-zhuhn]
–noun
1.a secret agreement, esp. for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy: Some of his employees were acting in collusion to rob him.
2.Law. a secret understanding between two or more persons to gain something illegally, to defraud another of his or her rights, or to appear as adversaries though in agreement: collusion of husband and wife to obtain a divorce.

con·spir·a·cy /kənˈspɪrəsi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuhn-spir-uh-see]

–noun, plural -cies. 1.the act of conspiring. 2.an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot. 3.a combination of persons for a secret, unlawful, or evil purpose: He joined the conspiracy to overthrow the government. 4.Law. an agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime, fraud, or other wrongful act. 5.any concurrence in action; combination in bringing about a given result.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by fredr123

Not sure, maybe collusion?

col·lu·sion /kəˈluʒən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuh-loo-zhuhn]
–noun 1.a secret agreement, esp. for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy: Some of his employees were acting in collusion to rob him. 2.Law. a secret understanding between two or more persons to gain something illegally, to defraud another of his or her rights, or to appear as adversaries though in agreement: collusion of husband and wife to obtain a divorce.

I'm of the same belief.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_collusion

[troutman]

Originally Posted by ShaolinFlame

What is the term for when a bunch of owners in a sports league work together to ensure that a high profile free agent gets less than market value (they all communicate behind the players back).

Thanks for any help!

an "eagleson"

[OILFAN #81]

It's collusion. There was talk of collusion in the Barry Bonds saga that is going on right now.

[ShaolinFlame]

It actually popped into my head as clicked onto the other sports forum. Thanks for the help though! (This thread can be deleted)