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Why do Americans tolerate socialist, monopolistic sports leagues?
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:20 pm
Artificial limits on employee salaries, limits on employee movement and even conscription via the "draft" system. It's an afront to the free market and completely un-American. Yet it's not only accepted it's championed by many. Why?
This post was edited on 4/11/15 at 10:57 pm
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Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:21 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:22 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Go get laid.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:23 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Go shite up a rope, you fun sucker 
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:24 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Too broad of a question. All sports in America have different labor laws. Troll invalid.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:24 pm to ohiovol
Just imagine graduating from LSU in engineering and some random guy walks up to you and says "Congratulations, you're now an engineer in Toldeo, Ohio! You have no say in the matter and if you refuse you don't get to be an engineer anywhere. Lots of luck flipping burgers!"
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:26 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I just want a college football player to not sign up for the draft, wait a while then sign with their hometown team
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:26 pm to Pierre
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All sports in America have different labor laws. Troll invalid.
all of them operate under the same basic structure. Some are just worse for their employees than others.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:26 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Artificial limits on employee salaries, limits on employee movement and even conscription via the "draft" system". It's an afront to the free market and completely un-American. Yet it's not only accepted it's championed by many. Why?
Hes does have a point
Why should the Dallas Cowboys have artificial limits placed on them so the Jacksonville Jaguars can compete better.
Jerry Jones should have the right to throw more money down the toilet.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:28 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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Go shite up a rope, you fun sucker
Are you afraid your Spurs wont be able to complete with the Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks?
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:28 pm to Socratics
Because Jerry Jones agreed to it.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:29 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Because collusion is great for capital. Not so great for labor and the consumer, though.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:31 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Just to appease the troll:
It's a limited market. There's not much market out there for someone who can throw a football in a garbage can from 60 yards. The NFL pays some guys who can a fair wage. If you can't make it. I hope you developed other skills
It's a limited market. There's not much market out there for someone who can throw a football in a garbage can from 60 yards. The NFL pays some guys who can a fair wage. If you can't make it. I hope you developed other skills
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:32 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Because football AHHHJHGJGJGH
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:33 pm to boosiebadazz
Exactly. OP is either a troll or an idiot. Owners have the power to set up the rules how they want for their organization. That's as captitalistic as can be.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:33 pm to Socratics
Wrong. The NFL is the company. Dallas is the manager.
Still don't understand Congress's role in the nfl but that's too deep for tonight
Still don't understand Congress's role in the nfl but that's too deep for tonight
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:34 pm to Pierre
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Just to appease the troll:
It's not a troll at all. It is an inherently anti-free market system, is it not?
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It's a limited market.
that doesn't matter.
"limited" is relative anyway. Strictly speaking, being a lawyer is a limited market too, yet nobody told me I had to ply my trade in Green Bay or nowhere at all regardless of how i felt about it. Nor did they say that all the old lawyers got together and decided that no new lawyers would be allowed to make over X amount of money.
This post was edited on 4/11/15 at 10:37 pm
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:35 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Private business.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:35 pm to Pierre
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Wrong. The NFL is the company. Dallas is the manager.
Wrong, the NFL is a non-profit and pays no taxes. Dallas is the company.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:37 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Your basic premise that monopoly and socialism go hand and hand is wrong.
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