tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post114165439659449891..comments2024-01-31T17:51:12.213-05:00Comments on Swing and a Miss: Rick, Your WinningsTom Goodmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816668232837298444noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1141738323966514382006-03-07T08:32:00.000-05:002006-03-07T08:32:00.000-05:00Perverse as it sounds, I'm happy with a players as...Perverse as it sounds, I'm happy with a players association, principally because as fans we have no representation (lets not kid ourselves that a boycott would make any odds). If there was no players association, we would be at the whims of the owners, and if the players association had complete power, well . . . I wouldn't trust 'em much either. At least when they're at each other's necks and the owner's appointee is mediating like a spin demon with one eye on the public image, nothing too bad happens. <BR/><BR/>(If I could damn both groups with any fainter praise, you wouldn't be reading this . . .)OisÃn Murphy-Lawless/Wizlahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13548868245296450507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1141662695440902542006-03-06T11:31:00.000-05:002006-03-06T11:31:00.000-05:00I have no idea what the implications would be but ...I have no idea what the implications would be but I could not imagine the players of each sport would operate without an association.Tom Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816668232837298444noreply@blogger.com