Even though the Pens say they respect individual choices of the players, who is to say that the holdouts don't get blackballed by other teams the next time their contract gets negotiated or they get traded? (sbnation.com)
When they declined his advances, they were effectively blackballed from working for the team and its players, they claim. (toronto-employmentlawyer.com)
Rather than trying blackball TWU at the law society, if its opponents truly oppose its behaviour, they should lobby the provincial government to amend the BC human rights code to prohibit its actions (and consider the implications of doing so for other parties — the same provision relied upon by TWU also permits rape centers to refuse to hire transgendered persons. (slaw.ca)