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So "employees" (aka "players") remaining silent about their desire to leave a bad (for them) situation is better for ticket-buyers how? Not knowing who's going to playing for your team in a year or two, spending your money because you believe top-line players will be there long after your investment is a good thing?
Wrong. Consumerism demands that you know what you're paying for BEFORE you make your purchase, not after.
Players aren't indentured servants. If they don't like where they are, they have every right to say so, and there are processes in place for their employers to make changes.
This is not the Middle Ages. It isn't even the 1960s.
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May 25th
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 11:20
JAZZFAN
I am in Utah and a big Jazz fan and an even bigger Deron Williams fan. I think the problem is not that they are not "indentured servants" or that they should have a say where they play, but they need to avoid using their star power as leverage and focus where they are. As the consumer we pay for the game at hand, as said previously, and that should be the team's focus. Williams is a stand up guy, a hard worker and feels that everyone should do there best as well. We are lucky to have him... he is more than we can affford though, being a small market but I can't see him staying when his contgract is up. But last season the staff made a trade that neither the fans or D-Will liked and he announced that he announced that he signed a short contract for reasons like this (lack of funds to keep players). He has 2 years left on his contract and he seems to have one eye on exit strategy.
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