Comments on: Players file first antitrust suit in Minnesota, official one in California

By: rreducla1

rreducla1 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:34:14 +0000

Like most of the ownerfanboys, you have shown me nothing but emotion for weeks around here. If you have some facts, contextual awareness, and knowledge, bring them. The players went down 7 points of BRI, and you say they are “demanding more money and power.” By that “reasoning”, the owners and players should both demand 90/10, and stand firm. Ever ask yourself why they don’t?

As far as yournuts, he deserves the snark.

By: acieu

acieu — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:40:45 +0000

Someone is going to make a lot of money out of the law suits…..the attorneys.

By: suhnum1fan

suhnum1fan — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:51:20 +0000

The players will not win in this…plain and simple

By: rreducla1

rreducla1 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:44:22 +0000

Good posts by both 6thsense and hail2theskins.

By: 6thsense79

6thsense79 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:46:56 +0000

Its clear you don’t know what you’re talking about yournuts. No other business in the us likes union except pro sports leagues. When was the last time you heard Walmart or Verizon complain because its employees wanted to decertify their union?

The owners need the cloak of a union agreed cba in order to legally have draft, cap salaries, and have a league wide team salary cap. So in every regards the players are partners. If ownership don’t want or like that set up that’s fine but then people like you shouldn’t go around crying for owners getting sued.

By: hail2tharedskins

hail2tharedskins — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:18:37 +0000

Well that is clearly wrong. See my previous post for more information, but certainly you don’t have to have previously been under contract before you can sue – for evidence see the 2 suits already filed which have rookies as named plaintiffs (same was the case for the NFL suit earlier this year).

By: hail2tharedskins

hail2tharedskins — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:16:11 +0000

No. It doesn’t matter if you have a contract or not (FA) or even if you have never been in the union (unsigned rookies). As long as the league is functioning under the protection of collective bargaining, then they are not subject to anti-trust laws. That is why the union had to disclaim its interests as the bargaining representative before the individual players could file their suits. Its an issue you will certaintly hear argued when they file their briefs and make their oral arguments in this case: labor law vs anti-trust law. The players will argue this is strictly an anti-trust matter as their is no longer a union, the owners will argue that this is still a labor law issue as simply disclaiming interest or decertifying a union does not immediately change the circumstance (labor law and anti-trust cannot co-exists, under the law it is either or).

By: diablito0402

diablito0402 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:48:00 +0000

Come on man this is not an english or spelling class, we are here commenting on these basketball employees demanding power and MORE money,,, really?

By: rreducla1

rreducla1 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:18:42 +0000

That’s Rhodes Scholar, there, big dog. If you want to use the plural of “scholar”, no apostrophe is required.

If you’re going to make fun of other people for being dumb, you should think about learning to spell and use punctuation correctly–and you might want to start with your handle.

By: yournuts

yournuts — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:35:07 +0000

cbaber26, No, you need to have been under contract before you could sue, but I don’t think that would stop this Union and the union boses from trying anything because they are money hungry. What a sham! The players will do anything to steal money, imagine forcing your boss to become your partner! It is a shot in the dark! I wonder which one of the rhode scholar’s union boys thought this one up? I hope it takes them 3 years to decertify.

By: djfinch8423

djfinch8423 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:19:13 +0000

I think these guys are acting like kids,
With all due respect there making millions of dollars to play a kids game.
They need to grow up and act like adults!!!!

By: cbaber26

cbaber26 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:29:44 +0000

Could the rookies have filed these suits months ago, since they aren’t under contract and were never officially in the union?

By: ranksarot

ranksarot — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:28:29 +0000

greed and stupidity. bye bye nba