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Originally Posted by Marinersfan51
The reason RBs are in a bad spot and would need their own union is the same reason it wouldn't work. They are mostly replaceable. If running backs were to strike separate from the rest of the union they would either replace them with UDFAs that were comfortable with being scabs or just line receivers up in the backfield. Deebo Samuel wouldn't be part of the RB union, would he quit carrying the ball? Would Lamar Jackson quit rushing in solidarity for a splinter union?
Teams quit paying running backs because they figured out how to get 90% of the production out of cheap, replaceable, interchangeable backs. If the current RBs went on strike, the owners would just toss them out and move on. Of the top 10 rushers from 2017, none of them currently have an NFL contract, of the top 30 Derrick Henry and Alvin Kamara are the only ones under contract. Why would the owners even bother to negotiate with a group that will be irrelevant to them by 2028?
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You think the NFL would look just the same if the top 130 rb's were suddenly out of the picture?
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