"There ought to be something to protect us from something like this. We sign a contract with a player in good faith, and then the contract is violated and the player basically can't live up to the terms of the contract because of his behavior. It's just not right that we have to be stuck with a contract like that." —Anonymous National League owner Yes. If only some kind of group representing players - some kind of player's union - could Bargain, Collectively, with some kind of group representing owners and set out a framework for how to handle this kind of thing. That would really speed this process along.