Comments on: The CBA: What it Means to Mediate http://footiebusiness.com/2010/03/08/the-cba-what-it-means-to-mediate/ Looking at the business side of the beautiful game Thu, 31 May 2012 16:15:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ben Berger http://footiebusiness.com/2010/03/08/the-cba-what-it-means-to-mediate/#comment-1163 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:43:31 +0000 http://footiebusiness.com/?p=985#comment-1163 Fred:

Good points. Submission to mediation suggests the parties are serious about making a deal. Both parties recognize the down side of dragging this out.

]]> By: Fred Lowe http://footiebusiness.com/2010/03/08/the-cba-what-it-means-to-mediate/#comment-1162 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:02:38 +0000 http://footiebusiness.com/?p=985#comment-1162 I retired June 30 of last year after more than thirty years “in the trenches” as the elected head of a 10,000 member Local and learned over the years that if both parties want to settle there are many ways to “skin the cat.”

I also know that the Major League Baseball Players’ Union was broken at least four times over the last 100 or so years and that Curt Flood lost his career over the free-agency issue.

So to the degree players are really enslaved on this issue I will find it interesting to see how this issue is resolved, but resolved it must be……

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