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saalweachter on March 19, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: What Happens to Older Developers?

Isn't that basically why football players have such a strong union? To negotiate contracts which give them a fighting chance to retire at 35 when they stop being useful?

humanrebar on March 19, 2014 [–]

The players' union is a bit of a special case because the NFL and its teams have special exemptions from the usual anti-monopoly and anti-trust laws.

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