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Originally Posted by RainMaker
It also might be the best time to remove their antitrust exemption. Republicans seemed willing to do it last year as retaliation and there's probably enough free-market Democrats on board too.
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And this would be the thing that really would help prevent these labor issues from going on too long. In other sports, the unions have voted to (or threatening to vote to) de-certify if a lockout goes too long - which basically means the owners are fucked, because there is a lot of things that would be considered anti-trust, but are allowed because they are negotiated with labor in a collective bargaining agreement.
No CBA, then things like the draft, service time limitations, etc. are fair game for anti-trust litigation (it's how the NFL got full free agency)...
... if you are subject to anti-trust laws, of course.
In other labor disputes that move by the players got the owners to the table really quick (in fact the NFL as part of their 1993 settlement with the players had as a condition that the NFLPA recertify as a union).