NFL Response to Player’s Cardiac Arrest is a Labor Rights Issue
The issues Damar Hamlin’s near-death and ongoing recovery raise are very much not over.
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The utterly nonsensical way NFL cheerleaders must live their lives comes out in discrimination suit
It’s no secret that NFL cheerleaders are underpaid, undervalued, and held to ridiculous beauty standards by NFL organizations. But on Sunday, the New York Times published an infuriating report that reveals that some teams exert almost maniacal control over both the public image and personal lives of cheerleaders — all based on toxic, outdated notions of how …
NFL Players Association Responds to Attacks on Free Speech
After President Donald Trump and others attacked the free speech rights of athletes, the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) responded to the president’s comments. NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith said: The peaceful demonstrations by some of our players have generated a wide array of responses. Those opinions are protected speech and a freedom that has been paid for by …
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Football On The Brink
I’ve been following this from a far–not because I like the sport (I don’t)–but it is a fight that is a tough one for the workers. At the brink of an all-out labor war Thursday, the NFL players union weighed an 11th hour-proposal by National Football League owners designed to keep the two sides at …
NFL Collision: Management Control vs. Player Safety
Here we have a multibillion-dollar industry. Where does their responsibility begin? Say you’re a kid and you sign up to play football. You realize you can blow out your knee, you can even break your neck and become paralyzed. Those are all known risks. But you don’t sign up to become a brain-damaged young adult. …
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