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'This Is Huge': NFL Players Approve 17-Game Season, Playoff Expansion in New Collective Bargaining Agreement

Over the weekend, the NFL and the NFL Players Association agreed to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement that will introduce some major changes to a sport we all know and (at least used to) love. ESPN reports that players voted 1,019-959 in favor of the new deal that will include significant changes to…

By

Jay Connor

Published

March 16, 2020
Beauty + Style

The WNBA's New 'Groundbreaking' Collective Bargaining Agreement Includes Higher Salaries, Quality of Life Improvements

Since its inception in 1997, the WNBA has provided a master class on how gender inequality manifests in the workplace. Players like A’ja Wilson and Kayla McBride have openly critiqued their paltry wages; four-time All-Star Skylar Diggins-Smith confessed to playing an entire season pregnant after receiving “no support” from her organization, and in 2018, the…

By

Jay Connor

Published

January 15, 2020
That Sneaky NFL National Anthem Rule Change—and What Legal Challenges It Presents, Explained

The NFL is still the NFL, which is to say it’s still as crooked an enterprise as they come. Nearly two weeks after several (Donald Trump-donating) NFL owners locked arms with their players during the national anthem in shows of “solidarity,” the league changed its obscure rule about standing during the national anthem. In fact,…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

October 10, 2017