On topic: I think DRDR makes a very valid point players' unions negatively affecting the sport. Case in point - the MLBPA's (baseball player union) behavior at the height of the steroid scandal. If you recall, several of the players being implicated as having used steroids wanted to submit to urine tests in order to clear their good names. The MLBPA, however, told the players that they were not permitted to test voluntarily. Their reasoning? If a few of the players volunteered, the media would then go to other (guilty) players who had been implicated and ask them why THEY hadn't done a voluntary test.Would it have been fair for the media to demand urine tests from everyone? Of course not, but the union shouldn't have been there, telling athletes that they couldn't clear their names.The situation with Burress, Pacman, etc. is obviously a different animal altogether, but that doesn't change the fact that unions should be closely scrutinized for their actions in protecting their poorly behaved constituents as well as their model members.