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Old Tue Oct 28, 2008, 01:58pm
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Originally Posted by bkbjones View Post
So...should we go back to the players being mere chattel, often subject to the whims of an owner? Gawd, they probly all have secret shrines to Charlie Finley they bow to every day anyway...
MLB is one of many employment opportunities for professional male athletes in the USA and the world. If a college student wants to pursue an education that qualifies him for only one job with only one employer, that does not mean the employer must have its internal divisions bid for him just to avoid violating antitrust or federal labor laws. The same applies to an athlete who decides to pursue only one employer, whether that be MLB, the NFL, or the NHL.
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