How Have Professional Athletes Responded to Monopsony Power

question 16

Multiple Choice

How have professional athletes responded to monopsony power?

• A)by striking periodically throughout history for higher wages and control over the league
• B)by forming players' unions that exert monopoly power
• C)by not playing to the best of their ability in order to reduce ticket sales
• D)by phoning in sick before a game in a prearranged rotation

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