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MLS And Player's Union Agree To New 5-Year CBA
A deal has finally been struck.
Mar 20, 2010 1:59:00 PM
It may have taken months, but the league and players have come to an agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, one that will cover the next five years.
Speaking through a media conference call, MLS commissioner Bob Garber, Players Union's Executive Director Bob Foose and Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service George Cohen announced the new deal which will go into effect immediately.
"It will set the stage for a new relationship and we hope very a productive relationship between MLS and players," MLS commissioner Don Garber said during a conference call. "It's time to get focused on the task at hand, which is building soccer in this country."
Free agency was one of the big issues that neither side wanted to budge on, but according to Union Executive Director, a strong compromise was reached.
"We made progress on this area," MLS Players Union head Bob Foos said. "Not necessarily as much as we would have chosen. There is real progress here on correcting certain situations that were vitally important to our player pool to correct involving movement within the league, including teams retaining rights to players. There are significant changes there."
The agreement means that there will be no MLS strike as previously speculated and that the league will be kicking of the season on time, with the first match coming this Thursday in Seattle as the Sounders welcome the newest franchise, the Philadelphia Union to town.
For more on Major League Soccer, visit Goal.com's MLS page!
Speaking through a media conference call, MLS commissioner Bob Garber, Players Union's Executive Director Bob Foose and Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service George Cohen announced the new deal which will go into effect immediately.
"It will set the stage for a new relationship and we hope very a productive relationship between MLS and players," MLS commissioner Don Garber said during a conference call. "It's time to get focused on the task at hand, which is building soccer in this country."
Free agency was one of the big issues that neither side wanted to budge on, but according to Union Executive Director, a strong compromise was reached.
"We made progress on this area," MLS Players Union head Bob Foos said. "Not necessarily as much as we would have chosen. There is real progress here on correcting certain situations that were vitally important to our player pool to correct involving movement within the league, including teams retaining rights to players. There are significant changes there."
The agreement means that there will be no MLS strike as previously speculated and that the league will be kicking of the season on time, with the first match coming this Thursday in Seattle as the Sounders welcome the newest franchise, the Philadelphia Union to town.
For more on Major League Soccer, visit Goal.com's MLS page!
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