There is no Players Union, To me its a good thing. The Owners can hire or refuse to hire who they want, Players can choose long term security contracts over non security big money that may or not bethere next year.
This doom and gloom may not be real. some like Lil Billy Bidwill have seen contracts prior to the existance of the Players Union. His father put together THE MILLION DOLLAR BACKFIELD, sadly they won a championship after Charles passed.
all and all there are 53 player contracts at the start of a regular season. Arizona is a right to work state with minimal unions. I understand. There is well over 100 Million available for players by each of the 32 teams.
The Owners invest, pay coaches, taxes, FO, retirement, everything, The Players get to do what they want with their paychecks. But everybody thinks that the Owners should be TOLD what to do with their income.
Try that with owners and CEO's in another industry. maybe in old Russia but not in America. What other people think of them is none of their business.
But the owners cater to the fans. including hiring decent players that represent the NFL well, or not.