NFL Players Union To Decertify

One event that has potential to significantly change NHL labor relations is underway right now.  The NFL is on the verge of a lockout that threatens the 2011 season.  The NFLPA has decertified.  This is the strategy some have suggested for the NHLPA.  If there is no union to agree to the CBA, then there is no CBA.  It is assumed (although likely several lawsuits would stand in the way first) that this would mean the NFL would have to live by the same laws as any other non-union business.  Non-union businesses do not have drafts or salary caps, so the NFL couldn?t have them either.

Should this work out positively for the NFL players, look for the NHL players to want to follow in the same direction.  There are a lot of questions regarding this process as it has never happened before in pro sports.  Here is a CNNSI article that tries to run down the possible outcomes of the situation in the NFL.

Source: http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/psh/comments/nfl_players_union_to_decertify/

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