http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2008/07/31/cries-of-collusion/ Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2008/07/31/cries-of-collusion/#comment-98953 SportsAgentBlog.com | Sports Agent News» Contract Negotiation MLB Players MLB Rules MLB Teams » The Cost Of Collusion Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:08:04 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=1583#comment-98953 [...] If it smells like collusion, and it looks like collusion, minus it not tasting like collusion, it probably is collusion.  At least that is what Jeff Borris, Barry Bonds’ agent, has been preaching for a while now.  And it finally seems like the MLBPA is going to take up Barry’s cause.  Well…eventually.  While the MLBPA claims that it has found evidence of collusion among the owners in an attempt to ostracize Bonds from professional baseball, the union has agreed to delay the filing of any grievance for the time being.  Once, or if, a grievance is filed and if owners are found to have colluded in preventing Bonds’ signing with a team in 2008, then the CBA lays out the damages. [...] [...] If it smells like collusion, and it looks like collusion, minus it not tasting like collusion, it probably is collusion.  At least that is what Jeff Borris, Barry Bonds’ agent, has been preaching for a while now.  And it finally seems like the MLBPA is going to take up Barry’s cause.  Well…eventually.  While the MLBPA claims that it has found evidence of collusion among the owners in an attempt to ostracize Bonds from professional baseball, the union has agreed to delay the filing of any grievance for the time being.  Once, or if, a grievance is filed and if owners are found to have colluded in preventing Bonds’ signing with a team in 2008, then the CBA lays out the damages. [...]

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