The National Football League Players Association says that the Major League Soccer Players Union has not reached out for assistance as the MLSPU tries to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement with MLS.
The two sides resumed talks on Sunday in Washington, D.C., with the MLSPU threatening to go on strike if the new CBA doesn't contain at least some form of free agency. MLS has said it is against any form of free agency.
Earlier on Tuesday, Canadian Soccer News reported that, according to an anonymous source, unions from other North American sports leagues had offered to help fund a player strike by the MLSPU.
An NFLPA spokesperson said that the MLSPU has not discussed such a scenario, or any other form of assistance with the NFLPA. Representatives from the Major League Baseball Players Association, the National Basketball Players Association, and the National Hockey League Players Association did not immediately return requests for comment.
It was the NFLPA that funded an antitrust filed by the players back in 1996. MLS won a summary judgment in December of 2000, and also prevailed on an appeal two years later.