NBA Lawsuit Would Seek to Void Player Contracts in NBPA Lawfully Decertifies

It's deja vu all over again in the sports labor world as the NBA is breaking out litigation against the NBPA similar to what the NFL did with the NFLPA. The NBA released a statement saying: The NBA filed two claims today against the National Basketball Players Association: an unfair labor practice charge before the National Labor Relations Board, and a lawsuit in federal district court in New York. The unfair labor practice charge asserts that the Players Association has failed to bargain in good faith by virtue of its unlawful threats to commence a sham “decertification” and an antitrust lawsuit challenging the NBA’s lockout. The federal lawsuit seeks to establish, among other things, that the NBA's lockout does not violate federal antitrust laws and that if the Players Association's “decertification” were found to be lawful, all existing player contracts would become void and unenforceable. “These claims were filed in an effort to eliminate the use of impermissible ...