So, why are professional atheletic unions the only unions in the nation that have different salaries for their members. Do they not play for a team, and no one player is any more important than another. therefore theyu should recieve the same salary if they are members of the union and should not have the riht to a private contract because they are protected under the union. If the NFL was smart, the only players represented by agents would be free agents and they would have no prtection under the NFLPA. And those members of the NFLPA could not go free agent without leaving the union. Then all union members would recieve the same annual salary based on years of experience and a seasonal bonus based on perfomance for the year. This would fix the problems between the professional atheltic unions, who think they can not only have the protection of a union but the right to an individual contract. If it was up to me, they would have to chose, job security with the union, or more money as a free agent.