Stay in any union long enough, you’ll realize it’s often only as good as its ability to get members to go on strike.
Sure, unions can obtain decent benefits in “peace time’’ between work stoppages. But ultimately, the best deals are almost always negotiated with the threat of a hammer dropping if things don’t go the union’s way.
Which brings us to Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, looking more and more like a future head of the NFL Players’ Association when speaking about topics other than himself. Sherman recently stated that only by being willing to strike and lose money would football players match the guaranteed contracts of their MLB and NBA brethren.