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Originally Posted by Tuckdaddy
The Brady homer has blown this up into some long debate about the CBA.
It's not real complicated. The CEO wants to speak to his employees about an issue concerning a report that mentioned them. The subject of the report does not matter. Any report that is deemed detrimental according to Goodell is all it takes for him to be involved. He has that power like it or not. The NFLPA will be there and he is the boss so what is the problem? It's a conversation only.
In what world do employees tell the boss "No, I'm not going to talk to you".
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A world governed by a contract that covers, in precise detail, how PED-related matters are handled.
You don't understand unions. You don't understand collectively bargained for RIGHTS.
And when the NFL players go on strike (or are locked out) after 2020, you will cry and say you don't understand that either, just get back to work you overpaid whiners.
Sigh.
Let me slow down and explain -- a COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT is a contract between an employer and a workforce. It governs many aspects of the employer-employee relationship, and CHANGES THE BASIC, FUNDAMENTAL RULES WHICH ORDINARILY APPLY. That is the entire purpose of a union, and a CBA.
You guys then say "no employee would do this?!?" Well, yeah, they don't have a CBA, so they are (in the United States at least), employees at will. They can be hired and fired for any reason or no reason, so long as it is not a discriminatory reason.
The CBA changes that basic fact. And it covers FAR more than compensation. In fact, it covers pretty much every aspect of the employment relationship.
So ANY argument you make about "a regular employee can't do this" is completely invalid becuase the players AND THE TEAMS, THROUGH THE NFL agreed to a lengthy, complicated contract that governs the terms of their employee/employer relationship.