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NFLPA Has Screwed us again

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I figure anything you can get 30+ millionaire/billionaire owners to agree on, can't be good for the players...........
 
drebo said:
Nah, instead of paid advertising on all the TV channels, they get free advertising now all over the news and the Internet, and people start to pick a side, generating emotional appeal for an otherwise emotionless sport.

This is better than any advertising money could buy.

Watch, they'll magically resolve the issue right before opening day.
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so, NHL and MLB lockouts helped them? ahahahahaha
 
So, what are the problems with the contract per the players?

Specifics, please, not just what drivel has been spouted on Twitter, etc.
 
sdifox said:
so, NHL and MLB lockouts helped them? ahahahahaha
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I thought the NHL was doing better now compared to where it was pre-lockout.

As far as the NFL or any sport lockout goes it comes down to millionaires vs billionaires. Both sides are fighting for a bigger piece of the pie and I don't get any money, so I don't care.
 
Meh - the 5th week preseason game (aka, the Hall of Fame Game) shouldn't be played anyway. No harm in losing that, really. If the players stop being dicks and just sign the agreement, we'll be on time for the standard preseason.
 
Deeko said:
Meh - the 5th week preseason game (aka, the Hall of Fame Game) shouldn't be played anyway. No harm in losing that, really. If the players stop being dicks and just sign the agreement, we'll be on time for the standard preseason.
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The players never agreed to anything. It is more of a publicity stunt by the owners.
 
rasczak said:
The players never agreed to anything. It is more of a publicity stunt by the owners.
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Meh. If its a stunt, its a necessary one. There should be pressure on the players to sign, because they should sign it, and they're just being assholes at this point.
 
drebo said:
Does it occur to anyone else that this whole thing might just be a ruse by NFL, the players, and the owners to drum up interest in an otherwise completely lackluster sport during the off-season?
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The NFL is the most profitable professional sports league in the world by a vast margin. It earns more than the other three major professional sports leagues in America combined (MLB, NBA and NHL). The lockout threatens to shorten the season; it's already resulted in the cancellation of a meaningless (but still revenue-generating) pre-season game. So if this whole thing is just a ruse to drum up interest in the sport with the largest fanbase in the world, then whoever is orchestrating it is the biggest idiot in the world. You don't cancel revenue-generating games as a way to build interest in your sport; that makes zero sense.
 
training camps were scheduled to start tomorrow. NFL has now passed to the teams that this is on hold as the nflpa has still refused to vote. sal pal was just on espn radio absolutely skewering the union for not getting this completed once the owners voted on the final package.
 
drebo said:
Does it occur to anyone else that this whole thing might just be a ruse by NFL, the players, and the owners to drum up interest in an otherwise completely lackluster sport during the off-season?
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Lemme guess, 9-11 was an inside job

purbeast0 said:
this is one of the stupidest things i've ever read on these forums.
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It truly is. Dude obviously knows nothing about football
 
one of the best parts now is that after spending the entire pre- and current lockout period chastising the owners that they were happy to keep playing under the previous CBS that the owners opted out of, now one of the reasons the players won't vote is because the current one doesn't have an allowance for the players to opt out of it.
 
drebo said:
Does it occur to anyone else that this whole thing might just be a ruse by NFL, the players, and the owners to drum up interest in an otherwise completely lackluster sport during the off-season?
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hahahah i agree with purebeast thats one of the dumbest fucking things i have seen posted.

EVERY time a sport has a lockout they LOSE viewership and revenue. In fact the last time the NFL had a lockout it hurt the NFL very very bad. not just the owners but the players too (should mention this is TRUE IN EVERY SPORT).

the NFL does not need to drum up interest. it gains in popularity EVERY YEAR.

as a owner having your players NOT work out, not practice. not go to the doctor to suddenly start playing is a good idea you are a fucking idiot.

i could go on but whats the point?
 
AMDZen said:
Lemme guess, 9-11 was an inside job



It truly is. Dude obviously knows nothing about football
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I think you guys are ignoring the possibility that it could be the same space aliens that faked obama's birth certificate have manipulated the owners and players into the lockout.
 
Phokus said:
You're flipping stupid, it's a LOCKOUT not a STRIKE (meaning it's the owners who are fucking things up, not the players).
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and you're still a moron. These agreements are not done indefinite, at some point they must be redone. it was the nflpa that took the hardline on rookie salary structure, something that applies to personell not even yet part of the nflpa and was the main sticking point for the last couple of weeks. it is also a few select members of the nflpa that have been dragging completion of the agreement because they have not received above and beyond compensation for being a named plantiff on the bogus lawsuit. and of course you have the owners already agreeing to the new agreement yet the nflpa sits on their hands thinking this is a wise move.
 
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