Conducting flow from the fact that NFL teams are independent enterprises

For many news, NFL caught with his hand in Jar cookies in Visa (despite the meaningless conclusion that teams did not follow the encouragement / directive in Colldude). And for a good reason.

Many assume that teams that coordinate / surround routine. Many assume that it is quite fine for that.

They assume that “franchises” are part of a broader business. That NFL is a large company with 32 branches controlled by the League Office.

But that is not the case. The American needle The case decided by the US Supreme Court in 2010. years, he discovered that the NFL was not a “unique entity”, but 32 independent companies. Which means that each coordination / consent between these companies is the violation of the Law on Antitrust.

So how can NFL have a canvas cap and draft and restrictions on the players like a franchise? By participating in the “Multi-Employer Negotiation Unit”, the NFL teams provided a limited antitrust exemption that allows them to give them common rules regarding the workforces of 32 teams.

Common rules appear in the collective agreement. And the CBA explicitly prohibits the agreement on the things that independent companies are authorized to work within the CBA’s rules.

Remember when the league punishes cowboys, commanders, raiders and saints for treatment with a living for years 2010 as well as a living? It was a Blue consent, because the CBA allowed teams during an undamaged year to spend on the will.

The CBA also allows teams to give players completely guaranteed contracts. Once Brown used to do their rights to do this with a pebble Deshaun Watson, the league office (through the management tips) called for teams to hold the rope to prevent the Watson deals with norms.

And they are. (Although the arbitrator ignored and / or explained the evidence they did.) The next three striker veterans for established starters are not fully guaranteed. Which allowed the Watson contract to be considered a mild on the radar screen, not a game exchanger.

It all happened because the teams complied with the guarantees in the contracts.

Imagine this way. As applies to the CBA, the league and the Union are engaged in the wider game of the war tractor unit. As it relates to certain players’ contracts, teams should not deal together.

In particular, the owners should not think about what the owners want other teams. The owners should think about what is best for their teams – even if it creates a problem for other teams.

The problem is that fans and the media expect teams to coordinate. And, honestly, NFLPA did a bad job over the years of efficient communication on fans and the media that coordination is not allowed.

By starting the latest case of confrontation, however, the former executive director of NFLPA Demaurice Smith tried. The only problem is that, after the NFLPA provided the verdict that the League invited teams to join, the current NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell stuck in the vault and locked.

This does not change the fact that 32 independent NFL companies received instructions for the Association and, in my personal opinion.