Pro sports a "union"? LOL, in name only.
What other union is there where each employee can negotiate their own INDIVIDUAL contract like all pro athletes do?
Where is that union?
American teachers are underpaid when they start and overpaid after 20 years. They get 3 months paid vacation a year.
Actually, the purpose of sports unions is to make sure that the guys who aren't the "superstars" get a fair share of the profits...
I can see why this HORRIFIES you beyond words.
No, the purpose of the professional athletic unions, as I know dozens that were and are in them, is to maximize their income, same as everyone and anyone does in business.
Does not horrify me at all but they are not really a union. They are a union only when they want more $$$.
Draft choices are slotted in their pay so your "fair share" argument is bogus. They know right off the bat when they are drafted what they will get paid 95% of the time.