2012年9月10日月曜日

Do The Players Need An Association?

from Tony Gallager of the Vancouver Province,


When you watch how the collective bargaining negotiation process works in the NHL now that the Players Association has accepted the poison pill of a salary cap, you have to wonder whether the NHLPA hasn’t outlived its usefulness.

The question here is not should they de-certify as a gimmick or a negotiating ploy, but should they just shut down for good or, at the very least, shouldn’t there at least be a serious study done looking at what would happen if there was no association whatsoever?

This is not to disparage the people in the association now or or in the past, or to question how much good this organization has done the players over the years, nor is it to say the owners might actually legally find more ways to mess with the players in the future were there not a union of some sort. But seriously, what does the union do for the players right now?


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added 8:19pm,

 



To say the NHLPA has outlived its usefulness – especially in a CBA war pushed by aggressive owners – is stupefyingly myopic & 100% risible.
— Adam Proteau (@Proteautype) September 9, 2012


 



Yes, by all means, let's return to the pre-Ted Lindsay NHLPA era, which we all know was marked by incredible owner generosity & fairness.
— Adam Proteau (@Proteautype) September 9, 2012

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