Including a Players Association

[Jogn]

There are a really limited number of things that a players union can do. We don't need a union to bring up when the players are mad - there will be at least two threads about any issue, from expansion teams trading before the expansion draft to media payout. All of those threads have been taken pretty seriously by the commissioners. The compensation question is an interesting one, but I'd have to hear from people who want to run for union leadership what they'd like to do about it before joining a union, especially if you want any of my contract money for the pleasure.

In general, this idea could do with a little bit of slowing down and gathering thoughts. An example of why I would be leery to join this union is the leadership race announcement - a post on page 6, without an edit on the first page (the first page still lists Destroyer as the Union CEO) at noon EST/9 am PST on a Thursday asking people to post in this thread before anyone gets off work if they want to be one of three people who are allowed to negotiate on behalf of the union is not the way to ensure that people are engaged in the decision making process.