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Originally Posted by Chiefshrink
Nothing personal here but this is where you are mistaken. The NFL is one big corporation with franchise owners. You know like McD's, Wendy's etc...... and they call the shots on wages as well.
"Blackball" insinuates they formally came together to do this. You have no proof of that and besides you don't have to come together on a conference call to make sure all 32 toe the line. Like I said, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize what is best for your bottom line after watching the ratings/$$ fall off to some degree. Kaep/Reid did this to themselves. They finally "bit the hand" that feed their NFL playing opportunities and paid a dear price for it. A dear price not playing again. But on the other hand, they made a manure load of $$ by not playing either. 
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But mcdonald's doesn't have a salary cap. Wages are set by the free market. If mcdonald's sets the wages too low, nobody would work there. The NFL has a unique labor agreement where they almost have a socialist system.... Jerry Jones is limited from buying out Andrew luck for $250m because the NFL as a whole wants to give small market teams a chance through a salary cap. As a fan, I get it. But it means much as incredible as it sounds, owners are allowed to underpay players in ways most businesses could not. If you want to see a true free market sports system, European soccer would be it. If mcdonald's workers go on strike, mcdonald's can shrug it off knowing every employee is easily replaceable. The NFL owners know that great football athletes are not easily replaceable (which is why the AAF has such a limited audience)
From what I recall, the lawsuit was about blackballing. Kaepernicks lawyers had to prove collusion to win. Thought I had seen reports where there were pretty blatant discussions between owners about not signing Kaepernick. Collusion is definitely illegal.