It’s time to put an end to the professional sports oligarchies known as the NFL, NBA, and MLB. The spoiled attitude that is allowed to permeate among the players is a direct result of the hybrid legal construct under which the major sports leagues are organized. They operate as monopolies yet avoid the regulation that other natural monopolies deal with to protect the interests of the general public.
When an attempt is made to put a limit to player’s salaries, or limit free agency, the player’s unions and their lawyers/agents complain that it violates free market principles, and yet the leagues themselves restrict competition from other teams that may want to participate in their annual tournaments. Their club mentality enforces a scarcity which drives up their profit margins and drives up wages for those few players fortunate enough to make the cut. The only losers are the fans.
Everyone should read your post up-thread to learn something they never thought about (me included)...i.e....the monopolistic nature of major sports leagues. You're correct, the general public is always on the short end...although they don't know it. It's coming out now, that's for sure.
The commissioners, the team owners are as complicit in greed as the players are in arrogance.
This whole "kneeling" thing is one big slap in the face to the general public. We'll see if anyone cares.
Leni