Greedy millionaires wanting more? -- Labor relations in baseball: labor war and peace in the national pastime -- The National Football League: victory through the legal system -- NBA: the rise and fall of the NBPA -- Labor struggles in the NHL: the rise and fall of the NHLPA -- The inevitability...

We estimate Cox models to determine proportional hazard rates in professional basketball, concerning leaving the league or changing the team by using a database covering all players of the NBA in the 90's. We predict and confirm that league-hazards depend on a player's performance. A teamswitch,...