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That pressure included a threat to begin decertification proceedings against USATF.

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A clause in the current labor deal says that if players wait until after the agreement's expiration to decertify the union, the owners could not claim in court that the decertification is a sham.

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The amended complaint alleges that the decertification is a sham.

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The league, however, said the decertification is a sham and that the lockout is legal.

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The argument that the decertification is a sham will form the backbone of the league's litigation strategy as it tries to prove the players union is simply trying to escape its obligation to collective bargaining.

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Fisher referred to decertification as a "drastic move that leaves every player without pensions, without health care" and without the legal protections of the union.

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Fisher referred to decertification as a "drastic move that leaves every player without pensions, without health care" and without the legal protections of the union.

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The players, after team owners failed to meet union demands to open up their financial records, moved to formally dissolve their union, a process known as decertification.

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If the NLRB agrees with the owners that the decertification is a sham, conducted simply to gain bargaining advantage, the players could be forced to return to the table with their suit jeopardized and legal strategy in shambles.

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The threat of the process known as decertification by players, combined with owners' desire to avoid the Minneapolis courtroom of federal Judge David S. Doty, played into the owners' move to try to work out a deal now, before a work stoppage began.

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