I won't hold my breath for unionization of professional wrestling (or any industry, for that matter). I've been reading a bit about labor history lately, and these tactics employed against Ventura's efforts and Starr's are tried and true. The bosses didn't even have to resort to violence. My maternal grandfather, a union rep. for IUEW's Local No. 905 in Indiana, took a knife to the gut by a company thug! That sort of thing used to be a lot more common, evidently.
Spot on in your analysis on Starr. If you want to change things you have to be a boy scout. The allegations are serious but had it been discovered that he stole candy bars as a kid it still would've hurt his cause.
I won't hold my breath for unionization of professional wrestling (or any industry, for that matter). I've been reading a bit about labor history lately, and these tactics employed against Ventura's efforts and Starr's are tried and true. The bosses didn't even have to resort to violence. My maternal grandfather, a union rep. for IUEW's Local No. 905 in Indiana, took a knife to the gut by a company thug! That sort of thing used to be a lot more common, evidently.
Spot on in your analysis on Starr. If you want to change things you have to be a boy scout. The allegations are serious but had it been discovered that he stole candy bars as a kid it still would've hurt his cause.