The NFL Players Association has to enjoy the power that certain players have been attempting to seize over the last few seasons.
In the short term, the NFLPA must like seeing Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown try to engineer his way out of town to sign a bigger contract extension with another team.
They must also have loved seeing Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell, Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald, and Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas hold out to varying degrees over the past few seasons.
On the downside, Tim Benz sees two potential flaws with that.
First off, the more players attempt to grab now, the more the owners will likely try to secure via loopholes in language during the next collective bargaining agreement after the 2020 campaign.
Secondly, after Bell missed an entire campaign and Brown potentially doing the same if Pittsburgh doesn’t trade him, that would be roughly 30 million dollars worth of two union salaries that didn’t come to fruition.
Benz believes these actions will not have an equal reaction, but more on the opposite side of what the union would like when the big picture sets in.
