Vincents remarks also make even more pronounced the divide between the league office, which seems to now be saying that its great for players not only to kneel during the anthem before a video game however also to not even appear for the game, and the Cowboys, who still appear to be intent on cajoling players into standing for the anthem. The next inconsistency between the NFL and the Cowboys (along with other groups) might flow from the league offices acknowledgment that gamers have the right to strike over social justice and the belief by the groups that the players need to honor both the CBA and their private contracts.
I have not researched (thats a lawyers method of stating “I do not understand”) whether remarks from a league executive excusing prior to the reality a wildcat strike that hasnt occurred yet, Vincents remarks will make it harder for the league to dominate in court in the event gamers decline to work and, in turn, the league loses 10s if not hundreds of millions in revenue. Of course, its unclear whether the NFL would take legal action against to stop a wildcat strike or to recuperate from the NFL Players Association the financial losses streaming from a wildcat strike over social justice concerns. From a P.R. and employee relations viewpoint, the NFL might not pursue that alternative.
The NFLs Collective Bargaining Agreement consists of, as many if not every CBA ever negotiated does, an arrangement preventing lockouts and strikes during the regard to the agreement. Just under the most particular scenarios can players introduce a strike before a CBA has ended. It would be really hard if not totally impossible to justify a wildcat strike based on social justice issues totally unassociated to the game.
” [T] hey all have a choice, an individual option and right to either sit out or demonstration, however one would identify it,” Vincent said. “My personal conversations with the players have actually been numerous and honestly with the club ownership and coaches, however in particular the gamers, and its actually time for us to dig into when we discuss police reform and its really around the location of accountability, and how can we take advantage of from our workplace– our governmental affairs office. The gamers wish to see us leveraging the impact to hold officers that are bad officers to be held responsible.”
“My personal discussions with the gamers have been numerous and honestly with the club ownership and coaches, but in specific the gamers, and its actually time for us to dig into when we talk about police reform and its actually around the area of accountability, and how can we take advantage of from our workplace– our governmental affairs office. Just under the most specific scenarios can players launch a strike prior to a CBA has actually expired. I have not looked into (thats a legal representatives method of stating “I do not know”) whether remarks from a league executive excusing prior to the reality a wildcat strike that hasnt took place yet, Vincents remarks will make it harder for the league to dominate in court in the event gamers decline to work and, in turn, the league loses tens if not hundreds of millions in profits.
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Tuesdays telephonic press conference featuring Commissioner Roger Goodell included a potentially significant remark from NFL executive V.P. of football operations Troy Vincent regarding the possibility that some players may remain Week One (or any week) as part of the demonstrations versus social injustice and systemic bigotry. Its a remark that the NFL could ultimately be sorry for.
By stating gamers have the “right to either remain or protest,” Vincent paints with a broad brush that might paint the league into a legal corner. The decision of various NBA groups to avoid games last Wednesday and Thursday was called a “boycott,” it was in reality a wildcat strike. Otherwise called, for the most part, an unlawful strike.
