Abstract
In 1982, during negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement, the National Football League Players Association and Management Council engaged in a bitter dispute over the manner in which players were to be compensated. The League wanted to continue the traditional system of individual player-team negotiations. The union proposed a radically dif ferent system under which the union would negotiate a fixed percentage of league revenues for players. At a time when owners in all major sports are complaining that high salaries are undermining the financial structure of professional sports, the Players Association's "per centage of gross" system is a viable alternative to the current system of individual salary negotiations.
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