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1. Jack Sommers Posted: November 13, 2021 at 12:38 PM (#6052807)That's from the middle of the article, and the link is to a 2018 article.
One thing I was wondering is whether the union has a financial mechanism to protect their most vulnerable members ?
Guys that have been making over 10M a year for the last several years should have no issues weathering a lockout or strike of any length.
But guys that have been making league minimum or early arb wages are not in the same boat.
Can and/or does the union have members set aside rainy day funds to give them the leverage they need to squeeze the owners ?
For example, if every union member contributed 1% of their earning to this fund, and that fund was used to financially support the lowest paid players, they could have almost perfect unity and the ability to strike as long as they need to bring ownership to their knees. Obviously the 1% is just a number....could be a lot less needed to achieve this, or it may need to be a higher number.
Just a thought. It's probably a stupid one.......or maybe something like this is already done. Just thinking out loud and I'm not as well informed as I should be, so thought I'd ask.
As you note, it wouldn't take a big sacrifice on players' part. Total payroll is about $4 B per year so even a 0.5% strike fund withdrawal would be $20 M per year, saved up over a few years and you can make sure no member starves. (You can't guarantee some of them might have to start budgeting.) I doubt the strike fund is anywhere near that large though but again there should be no problem weathering the storm.
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