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That didn't take long. One day after the Powers That Be seemed intent on staring down sleazy agents in college football, one of the powers blinked.
It was the players' union. Try to act shocked.
The NFL Players Association came out against penalizing its members for any misdeeds in college. That after Monday's announcement that the union, NCAA, NFL and American Football Coaches Association had finally gotten together to address the issue.
There is no silver bullet that will solve this problem. But fining and/or suspending players would be far more effective than the pop-gun approach currently in use. And in a marvelously fair twist, it would actually punish the guilty instead of the innocents they leave behind.
So you knew it was just a matter of nanoseconds until somebody would protest.
As always, look for the union label.
"The NFLPA is opposed to any penalty being imposed on a player in the NFL for conduct relating to the receipt of benefits in violation of NCAA rules," a union statement said.
That has sent everybody backtracking, with the NCAA now saying it won't push for NFL rookie suspensions. Consider this a classic example of unions at work.
Before the SEIU sends its thugs over to my house, let me make it clear that I am not against unions. They did a heroic job of protecting workers in the garment industry after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
It's just that in the ensuing 99 years, unions have been far more concerned about helping themselves than the public. It's one thing for the UAW to destroy America's auto industry and the SEIU to turn California into Bolivia. That's just the real world.
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Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/10/27/nflpa-protecting-members-at-all-costs/
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