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Originally Posted by kravix
KJ3
I dont think league representation would work. It seems like it could be considered a conflict of interests. Players get paid now because they pay their agents. League reps would get paid by the leauge and defiantley wouldnt work for the player the way an indipendent agent would.
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i disagree because that's exactly what these hypothetical league reps' job would be. pay them well enough, it's not like the NFL is struggling. 5 guys to check on isn't a lot...how many players do most agents cover?
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Originally Posted by papabear
The NFLPA would never let that happen. If the NFL tried it they would have lawsuits all over them. They would effectively be barring people from joining a union and since the average length of a career is only like 3.5 years or something this would severely cut down on the unions membership...and thus their power.
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i guess it would be barring from the union UNTIL they were able to become free agents, but isn't that exactly what would help? taking the power out of the rookies hands, putting it in the owners and vets? and if only vets were allowed into the union wouldn't they still be a majority over the "hypothetical league enforced rookie union" i'm talking about?