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The NFL and NBA players associations are taking questionable leadership routesThe first collective bargaining agreement in the history of professional sports was signed by the MLB and MLBPA in 1966. At that time the executive director of the MLBPA was the late Marvin Miller, formerly a union negotiator for workers of U.S. Steel. His fierce advocacy for labor rights is largely...

Sports world hails guilty verdict for Derek ChauvinThe sports world took to twitter before and after the Derek Chauvin verdict was announced Tuesday. Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of the murder of George Floyd, was found guilty on all counts, which included second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree mansla...

NBA Union Chief Is Tired Of Everyone Complaining About The Cap SpikeThe head of the NBA Players Association, Michele Roberts, has read and heard the resurgence of opinions that blame the current state of the NBA—one in which the Warriors are an invincible superteam, DeMarcus Cousins can be had for the mid-level exception, and solid free agents can’t get reasonable o...

The NBPA's Decision In 2016 Is Why This Season Is Already Over

The National Basketball Players Association had two choices heading into the 2016 offseason regarding the salary cap, which was due to spike dramatically on account of a huge revenue influx: Smooth out the cap and increase it incrementally over the course of several years, or take it all in one lum...

The NBA's New Policy On Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, And Child Abuse Is Here

The NBA’s new policy on accusations of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse—negotiated last year as the league came to an agreement with the players’ union, and formally approved in December—will come into force on July 1. But according to a report from ESPN’s Zach Lowe published last ...

It Sounds Like The NBA And NBPA Will Avoid A Work Stoppage

The NBA and the NBPA are halfway through a 10-year collective bargaining agreement ratified in 2011, but each side has until December 15 to opt out of the current deal and potentially trigger a work stoppage. Over the past few seasons a huge TV contract, a series of astronomical team sale prices, an...

NBA Players' Union: Adam Silver Is Full Of Crap

On Tuesday, in response to a question at a press conference after a Board of Governors meeting, NBA commissioner Adam Silver asserted that a “significant” number of NBA teams were losing money. This mirrored what Silver said at the beginning of the season, which the league repeated two months ago....

LeBron James, Michele Roberts Want Photographers To Back Up

LeBron James wants to address the issue of photographers and videographers sitting too close to the court during games, per a report from Northeast Ohio Media Group’s Chris Haynes. ...