Abstract
Current literature generally highlights the unique differences between sports and traditional unions. In particular, the contrast between the two types of unions' approaches to the free market when it comes to wage determination - sports unions fought the "reserve clause" to obtain free market outcomes while traditional unions fought to circumvent the market for wages - has been widely cited. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the hitherto neglected comparisons between sports and traditional unions. With respect to both economic and non-economic issues, professional sports unions share far more in common with their traditional counterparts than the labor and sports economics literatures would lead one to believe.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 56-67 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Labor Research |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2008 |
Keywords
- Professional sports unions
- Traditional unionism
- Union-management relations