NFLPA Strikes First with "Solidarity" Salute

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Chris Fusco

According the published reports, Saints QB Drew Brees, who doubles as a member of the NFLPA's board of directors, has stated that more public "solidarity" displays by NFL players are planned for this season.

There is no question that the players for the Vikings and Saints caught the NFL (and NBC) off guard when they walked on the field and raised their collective index fingers as a sign of labor unity. This week there were rumblings that the NFL would balk any more television coverage of these types of NFLPA displays during games. The truth is that these actions by the NFLPA are news and a potential sign that the union is willing to put up
more of a fight in a coming 2011 lockout. As such, it would be an absolute failure of journalist integrity if the networks simply ignored covering them.

Remember that in a league were the injury rate is 100%, the NFLPA has allowed its members (the players) to be saddled with non-guaranteed contracts that can be repudiated by the teams. This means if you get hurt, you get cut. We will be watching, in the coming months, to see if the NFLPA has set its sights on implementing guaranteed contracts to protect its players from being thrown on the NFL scrap-heap.

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