“That’s not to disparage anyone, given particularly the league seems to be aligned with the players on this. According to legal definitions, a boycott is an organized campaign to starve a business of revenue. That has caused some to argue the work stoppage was actually a “boycott,” the players’ preferred terminology. players are employees, part of a union, therefore not independent contractors,” Ms. Zavian said, making their refusal to play a strike. “They do not have a union, and if they collectively got together, it could be considered, under antitrust laws, a boycott.”

Source: New York Times August 27, 2020 23:15 UTC