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Guardian - MLR leaders hail players union deal as US league heads for six-team season (February 13, 2026)

Sports Business Journal - Major League Rugby secures first CBA with players (February 11, 2026)

North American Rugby Database - MLR, USRPA, and a CBA: What does it all mean? (February 15, 2026)

Rugby Wrap Up - BREAKING: Major League Rugby and United States Rugby Players Association Reach Historic CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement) (February 11, 2026)

ESPN - Pro pickleballers forming players' association (July 25, 2025)

Forbes - Pickleball Pros forming World Pickleball Players Association Advisory Group (July 25, 2025)

Sports Business Journal - MLP, PPA players form pickleball players association called WPPA (July 25, 2025)

Times Now News - Pickleball Pros Form WPPA, UPA Hits Back At Breakaway Players' Body (July 25, 2025)

The Conway Bulletin - New World Pickleball Players Association Forms to Protect Athlete Interests (July 26, 2025)

ESPN - New UFL CBA increases minimum salary, roster size (April 18, 2025)

Sports Business Journal - UFL players union says they have a deal (April 18, 2025) 

NBC Sports - UFL, players finally reach deal on new CBA (April 18, 2025)

USA Today - UFL players to open season without CBA, appeal to 'The Rock' for help (March 28, 2025)

ESPN - Source: UFL players to open without CBA, ask The Rock for help (March 28, 2025) 

Bleacher Report -  UFL Players Reportedly Wrote Letter to The Rock to Help in CBA Dispute on Opening Week (March 30, 2025) 

The Athletic - United Football League players association files unfair labor practice charges against league (March 14, 2025)

ESPN - UFL players file complaint with NLRB over CBA talk (March 14, 2025)

Sports Business Journal - UFPA files unfair labor practice charge against UFL (March 14, 2025)

Sports Illustrated - Every Single Quarterback in UFL Held Out of Camp Amid League Labor Dispute (February 27, 2025)

Sports Business Journal - Labor Strife Hits UFL (February 27, 2025)

Front Office Sports - Owen Poindexter: Sports’ Next Big Labor Movement (June 5, 2024)

ESPN - Jeff Passan: How MLB, MLBPA came together for 'life-changing' minor league CBA (April 5, 2023)

Wall Street Journal - Tim Brown: Harry Marino Survived the Minor Leagues. Now He Wants to Fix Them. (September 27, 2022)

Sports Illustrated - Emma Baccellieri: Inside the Drive: The Minor Leaguers Who Sprung a Union on MLB (September 22, 2022)

MLBPA: Statement from Assistant General Counsel Harry Marino (September 14, 2022)

CBS Sports - Mike Axisa: Rob Manfred called out by advocacy group after 'rejecting premise' that minor leaguers aren't paid living wage (July 19, 2022)

Payday Report - Mike Elk: Minor Leaguers Win Free Housing Through Unprecedented Organizing (October 17, 2021)

ESPN - Joon Lee: Can a union fix this? Minor leaguers say poverty-level pay, poor housing are driving a 'mental health crisis' (September 30, 2021)

The Athletic - Evan Drellich: ‘A collective voice’: Group fighting for minor league player salaries, rights, enters next stage (April 14, 2021)

Sports Business Journal - Liz Mullen: Forty Under 40: David Foster (March 25, 2019)