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[QUOTE="The Yakk, post: 4842556, member: 9988"]
Players unions are great.  Since they have come into existence in all sports in the last 50 years or so, the players have made consistent incremental gains.  That will continue going forward, because there is plenty more to be won.

You are correct, no one holds a gun to anyone's head to force them to sign a contract.  But there would be a hell of a lot more money available to an NBA veteran player if there were not a salary cap, self-imposed by the owners.

All of these things--the draft, the salary cap, the franchise tag in football, the baseball luxury tax--they are all mechanisms to suppress player salaries.  But in the long run they can only slow the tide, not stop it.  The value of the players' labor to the owners is a lot greater than the amount players are paid.  So the incremental gains will continue.

The owners know this too.  They love it when casual fans take your attitude--that the players are getting enough, and they can do something else if don't like it--becasue that is a big PR victory for them.  But in the long run it won't change anything.
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