Maher makes a good argument. What the NFL does is work with the labor union's interests and the owner's interests to produce a product that works...works better than most other major league sports.
Workers are compensated, and that keeps labor trouble at a minimum. Owners are happy enough, as they make enough to satisfy them.
The NBA is headed to a likely contraction of teams, and a likely lockout of the players after this season, as the owners claim to be losing money.
So the NBA is going to have to hammer out a new deal.
One of the problems with baseball, is the owners cry that they are losing money...but they refuse to open the books to allow the players to view the numbers.
So, work stoppage happens, until some agreement with labor and ownership is reached.
All of this depends on the consumers of sports, as if they reject a sport, then there is less revenue for the owners and the players.
Baseball, for some unknowable reason is exempt from anti trust legislation...even though they are a monopoly...unless players want to play ball in Japan, etc.
What is killing America is not socialism, but the concept of "free trade" where countries pay much less, as the cost of living is less in other countries.
America can't compete, because the playing field is not a level playing field...like the Yankees being able to outspend other teams for talent.
Socialism is not the cause of the current problems. The best and most productive times in America were from the New Deal up to the beginning of globalization.
America sold their soul to China and cheap shit...at the expense of the well being of America as a whole.
Workers are compensated, and that keeps labor trouble at a minimum. Owners are happy enough, as they make enough to satisfy them.
The NBA is headed to a likely contraction of teams, and a likely lockout of the players after this season, as the owners claim to be losing money.
So the NBA is going to have to hammer out a new deal.
One of the problems with baseball, is the owners cry that they are losing money...but they refuse to open the books to allow the players to view the numbers.
So, work stoppage happens, until some agreement with labor and ownership is reached.
All of this depends on the consumers of sports, as if they reject a sport, then there is less revenue for the owners and the players.
Baseball, for some unknowable reason is exempt from anti trust legislation...even though they are a monopoly...unless players want to play ball in Japan, etc.
What is killing America is not socialism, but the concept of "free trade" where countries pay much less, as the cost of living is less in other countries.
America can't compete, because the playing field is not a level playing field...like the Yankees being able to outspend other teams for talent.
Socialism is not the cause of the current problems. The best and most productive times in America were from the New Deal up to the beginning of globalization.
America sold their soul to China and cheap shit...at the expense of the well being of America as a whole.
