[Giants]

Regarding the thoughts about an eventual decision that the athletes would be treated as employees who would participate in collective bargaining:

Isn't that going to wind up with the 100,000 athletes voting in favor of everyone splitting basically equally, while the 10,000 or so multi-millionaires having to find different employment?  Or would the collective not have democratic decision making?

Before any collectively bargained contract is developed, the constituency of the bargaining unit will need to be determined.  In this instance, I suspect the unit will consist exclusively of football players.  Much like the NFL, I would expect the membership will agree to an overall salary cap that is distributed by team management according the perceived value of each position on the team.  In other words, the QB’s will make the most and the special teamers will make the least.  

One big question mark is how the NLRB would determine the definition of a unit. Should all players be lumped into one unit or should they be segregated into multiple units (by conference) or should there be another means of defining a bargaining unit?

[Giants]

Regarding the thoughts about an eventual decision that the athletes would be treated as employees who would participate in collective bargaining:

Isn't that going to wind up with the 100,000 athletes voting in favor of everyone splitting basically equally, while the 10,000 or so multi-millionaires having to find different employment?  Or would the collective not have democratic decision making?

Before any collectively bargained contract is developed, the constituency of the bargaining unit will need to be determined.  In this instance, I suspect the unit will consist exclusively of football players.  Much like the NFL, I would expect the membership will agree to an overall salary cap that is distributed by team management according the perceived value of each position on the team.  In other words, the QB’s will make the most and the special teamers will make the least.  

One big question mark is how the NLRB would determine the definition of a unit. Should all players be lumped into one unit or should they be segregated into multiple units (by conference) or should there be another means of defining a bargaining unit?