21 ordspråk av Marvin Miller
Marvin Miller
[Steroids testing and a salary cap] are two very different things, ... Take the most right wing ballplayer -- take Curt Schilling -- ask him about a salary cap. I imagine they're no more willing to accept it now than before.
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I say it as an illustration of again how foolishly the owners seem to act. The notion that you can just ignore the union is foolish, and becomes more foolish each time they do it.
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I'm just happy to be here. I'm so thankful to have so many people, kids and everything, and such nice neighbors.
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If what they propose comes to fruition, we're going to have a beautiful beach.
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It could take two or three years longer on the appellate level for the first tier -- that's the circuit court of appeals -- then it could take a couple of years ... in the Supreme Court.
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It tells me really what I've known all along. And that is that the NHLPA has never been a legitimate union at any time. It has always been an offshoot of management.
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It's not good enough (for the NHLPA) to say they've done it like this in the past, ... That's just an admission of guilt. They've clearly violated their constitution and it makes it possible that they could be looking at a civil and criminal offense.
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It's the difference between a very stupid bank thief and a very skillful one. It doesn't mean the skillful one will not get caught.
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My feeling is never count on an arbitrator or courts, ... You may think you know how it will come out but don't count on it. A strike you can count on because you only call a strike when you know you can win.
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Nobody knows really what that act means until it's been tested with a couple of cases. I wouldn't go down that path with much hope.
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Some of the players were leaning on leadership to do most destabilizing thing possible for a union, to open they contract. They will rue the day they did this.
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The NHL players have requirements in their constitution that say they simply cannot make it up as they go along,
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The whole thing smells bad. You have a so-called senior adviser who takes the leading role in making one of the worst settlements imaginable and then becomes director of the union.
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They've clearly violated their constitution and it makes it possible that they could be looking at a civil and criminal offence.
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This is a molehill case, and the government is going to have to make a mountain out of it.
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