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The Major League Soccer Players Union didn’t fold as Thursday’s deadline to reach a new labor agreement passed, but it certainly blinked as its long-running standoff with the league continued.
Fears that the players may strike, which were fueled by some pretty passionate rhetoric over the past week, came to nothing, and it appears that teams will continue their preseason preparations absent a deal.
In a statement, MLSPU executive director Bob Foose said:
“While we expect that negotiations with MLS will resume at some point, there simply hasn’t been enough progress made in the negotiations to date to warrant an extension of the old agreement. We have advised our players to keep working for the time being, but as of Friday they will be doing so without a CBA.
“In the meantime, all options are being considered as the process continued. We are completely committed to forging real changes to the way MLS players are treated.”
The time to strike, if they must, is now. A stoppage beginning Friday would still give negotiators a month to strike a deal before the MLS regular season kicks off. A walk-out would give the players a little more leverage than they have now, which isn’t much, and wouldn’t result in any lost games, revenue or public sympathy.
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