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Message: [QUOTE="PacoSwede, post: 5343091, member: 120"] let's assume engelbert sees her positions/actions/non-actions as representative of her bosses' desires. [B]they[/B] are the source of the players' problems. axing her wouldn't address the core issues. those with the power [I]could[/I] take up the workers' concerns. but that would require giving up some power. oh horrors! owners in general are terrified by that idea. a scapegoat, say the commissioners' scalp, could calm the upstarts. it's easier than giving in on core issues, like changing the terrible style of basketball being promoted by refs (mere underlings who are also pawns simply doing what the bosses want -- and more potential sacrificial lambs to insulate the true powers). players and their sympathizers should focus on the real problem facing them. power. held by the powerful. it's true for most of us, and too easy to accept rather than address. [/QUOTE]