The structural frame for the NFL in the1920’s provided players with no representation, benefits, and received very few benefits. By 1943, players played games with no compensation and could be traded from one team to another with no hesitation and players would be in both leagues. Looking at this issue through a political frame, the owners of the NFL made an agreement to provide protection to their resources, by banning any player for five years if he left the league and play for the competing league.
The players got tired of being lowball from the association, and in efforts to organization players asked Creighton Miller, a former player and, the general manager for the Cleveland Browns to help them organize a players association. At first …show more content…
The NFL was being challenged by the new and personal conduct policy, and the union filed a grievance that maintain the CBA agreement and order to implement the policy. The NFL owners approved a revised personal conduct policy in Dec and NFLPA emphasized that “ the NFL adopted the new policy without the consent, and over the objection, of the NFLPA.” The union fought back at the allegation claim that Article 2, Section 1 of the CBA, “supersedes any conflicting provisions in the Settlement Agreement, the NFL Constitution and Bylaws, the NFL Rules, or any other document affecting terms and conditions of employment of NFL players."The union demanded that the new personal conduct policy was an NFL rule and its does not compile to the terms of the CBA. Looking at this in a structural frame, the NFL was finding solutions by cutting the organization. Instead of confronting with Union and finding a medium in the structural matter of the organization. Even Though the NFL reply to the grievance from the NFLPA as, "The league 's revised conduct policy was the product of a tremendous amount of analysis and work and is based on input from a broad and diverse group of experts within and outside of football, including current players, former players, and the NFL Players Association," the statement …show more content…
10. "Their unilateral decision and conduct today is the only thing that has been consistent over the past few months. The Human Resource frame of the NFLPA serves the needs of the players, the organization sees the players as necessities, not objects as the NFL does. The NFLPA is built on the protection of the players well being. The NFLPA looks at the organization as a Human Resource frame, and the NFL looks its organization a Structural and Political frame. The NFL needs to look at its organization in four ways. NFL needs all four frames to work if it wants to stay as a functional organization. However in the eyes of the NFL these players are disposable and they can get a player younger and pay them until they get hurt. The NFLPA agenda is to serve the players a servitude of respect and honor for being apart of the
The players got tired of being lowball from the association, and in efforts to organization players asked Creighton Miller, a former player and, the general manager for the Cleveland Browns to help them organize a players association. At first …show more content…
The NFL was being challenged by the new and personal conduct policy, and the union filed a grievance that maintain the CBA agreement and order to implement the policy. The NFL owners approved a revised personal conduct policy in Dec and NFLPA emphasized that “ the NFL adopted the new policy without the consent, and over the objection, of the NFLPA.” The union fought back at the allegation claim that Article 2, Section 1 of the CBA, “supersedes any conflicting provisions in the Settlement Agreement, the NFL Constitution and Bylaws, the NFL Rules, or any other document affecting terms and conditions of employment of NFL players."The union demanded that the new personal conduct policy was an NFL rule and its does not compile to the terms of the CBA. Looking at this in a structural frame, the NFL was finding solutions by cutting the organization. Instead of confronting with Union and finding a medium in the structural matter of the organization. Even Though the NFL reply to the grievance from the NFLPA as, "The league 's revised conduct policy was the product of a tremendous amount of analysis and work and is based on input from a broad and diverse group of experts within and outside of football, including current players, former players, and the NFL Players Association," the statement …show more content…
10. "Their unilateral decision and conduct today is the only thing that has been consistent over the past few months. The Human Resource frame of the NFLPA serves the needs of the players, the organization sees the players as necessities, not objects as the NFL does. The NFLPA is built on the protection of the players well being. The NFLPA looks at the organization as a Human Resource frame, and the NFL looks its organization a Structural and Political frame. The NFL needs to look at its organization in four ways. NFL needs all four frames to work if it wants to stay as a functional organization. However in the eyes of the NFL these players are disposable and they can get a player younger and pay them until they get hurt. The NFLPA agenda is to serve the players a servitude of respect and honor for being apart of the