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Mr.Bill

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8. He is also in a heavily-regulated franchise agreement.

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #6)

Sun Apr 27, 2014, 05:37 PM

Apr 2014

He can't exactly just do whatever he wants. And neither can the players. They are also contractually obligated, and obligated to their fans. I like what they did here. Good way to make a statement without disrupting business. A lot of people's jobs are at stake with any sports franchise.

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