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the Eligibility Rules has a substantial effect on the working conditions and wages of the current National Football League players that would be affected by the National Football League of young competitors, in this case, Clarett. As a result, the Eligibility Rules should not be looked at in isolation to all the other rules stated in the National Football League’s Constitution and Bylaws. Through the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the National Football League Players’ Association agreed to the Constitution and Bylaws that the National Football League set forth and therefore must adhere to those rules despite not having actually bargained over the specifications of the Eligibility Rules.