BusyB,
surely you aren't implying the 49ers we have back are happy with the deal? They lost years of earnings, have to take freighter positions for a few years before they get back to where they should have been. On top of that, only around 12-14? got their jobs back out of the 18-21? that reapplied. Discounting that some had reached retirement age that implies around another 15-20 that were so disgusted with the deal that they didn't even reapply.
I think the 49ers deal is like Oasis - if earning anything, no matter how !!!!ty a deal, is more important than unemployment, then you will take it.
But don't confuse that with the 49ers being 'happy' with their deal! I am certain that if you surveyed ALL the 49ers you would find over 80% very unhappy with the 'deal' the AOA got them. I know I for one was very unhappy with the deal, but the AOA GC scaremongering campaign carried out before the vote was very effective in scaring members to vote For the deal!