Union, no?

Just to make sure the impending ruination of our favorite sport isn't too far in the back of our minds, Rams players have voted to decertify the players' union in the massively-likely event the owners lock them out next year. This is a legal maneuver that gives the union the right to sue the league if there is a lockout. This sounds like a good thing for fans, especially if the suit is heard by a judge who owns season tickets. Then again, whom does the union even represent once it has been decertified? Anybody? What would the decertified union even sue the owners for? Divorce?

Good luck explaining any of this to your kids if you don't have a law degree, and woe unto modern sports for creating a world where lawyers making motions becomes more important than receivers going into motion.

As for that explanation for the kids, I'd go with "the players and their bosses are fighting over who can be the most greedy," and I'm a capitalist.