Lanny MacDonald*
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Tom_Benjamin said:Why bother making this type of stupid post? Either address the issue or admit defeat and slink away. These players got pushed under a bus if you think the entry level system is unfair. They did not get pushed under the bus if you think it is fair to limit the salaries of young players until they prove themselves.
Which is it?
Tom
It's all about greed, end of story. The PA needed someone to sacrafice so the top 8% can continue to make huge sums of money. They pushed the rookies under the bus to protect their phoney baloney position. Its standard negotiating practice. This has always been about money and insuring the players have an opportunity to make the most the can during their "short careers". Even though when a deal is offered up that would guarantee the players with the "shortest careers" the best opportunity to get a decent pay check during their brief careers, it is shot down because the top 8% isn't guaranteed the opportunity to extort the owners for the same level of salaries they have been making. Again, the top 8% matters the most and their greed is the most important factor in this debate.
Now from your position, the only other possible option you can consider is sheer stupidity on the player's part. The whole "noble cause" argument doesn't hold water. Pushing the young players and the majority of the membership under the bus so the big name players can continue to make stupid money is not noble. I know of no union that would consider this a noble fight, nor find it a righteous fight. When the majority of the union is not looked after it is not considered the good fight and the membership fights back. But in this particular instance you have a bunch of less than bright union membership taking advice from an even less than bright union executive who cannot defend their stance. I have yet to see a single comment from the union that gives a realistic explanation for their stance and refusal to accept linkage. But hey, I guess no explanation is better than an explanation that makes the union look... greedy?