How prolonged work stoppage hurts Raiders
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Friday, March 11th, 2011 at 2:16 pm in Oakland Raiders.
In some ways, the Raiders are better prepared to withstand a prolonged work stoppage than a year ago given that systems of offensive and defense are already in place.
With the NFLPA announcing its attention to decertify, the labor dispute will now be litigated instead of negotiated. The process could be a slow one.
The Raiders have an unquestioned starting quarterback in Jason Campbell, and have signed more players than most NFL teams, meaning it won’t be quite the free agent scramble other teams will face when things get up and running.
In terms of player development, however, losing conditioning, minicamps, OTAs and possibly even training camp time hurts the Raiders in an area they expected to be a big reason for a step up in class in 2011.
At the close of the season, coach Tom Cable, when talking about his rookie class, could barely contain himself when thinking about the possibilities for Year 2. As rookies, Rolando McClain, Lemarr Houston, Jared Veldheer were starters and contributors so when they ended the season, it’s as if they weren’t rookies any more.
But having that baseline and moving into the second season, they could have served as young veterans counted upon to set an offseason example.
The rest of the rookie class needed the offseason even more than the big three. There was talk of Jacoby Ford returning punts, an idea which could be stalled based on the length of the lockout.
Speculation is Bruce Campbell is going to be given every chance to win a starting job at right guard or left guard. Campbell needs a lot of work and a lot of reps. In light of a potential work stoppage, it makes sense the Raiders made no move with Cooper Carlisle, who would be better prepared to play on short notice.
With Nnamdi Asomugha likely out of the picture, cornerbacks Walter McFadden and Jeremy Ware will get a chance to get signfiicant playing time after learning the hard way in 2010. Linebacker Travis Goethel won the weak side linebacker job out of camp only to be stalled by back surgery. He was looking to win it again this year.
If Michael Huff winds up signing somewhere else, any chance Stevie Brown had of making a legitimate bid for the starting job at free safety against Hiram Eugene would have been by outperforming him in the offseason and in training camp.
Young veterans are affected also. Jackson said he fully expects Darrius Heyward-Bey to become a productive wide receiver. If Heyward-Bey is smart, he’ll spending a lot of time with Campbell to be on the same page.
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March 11th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
I’m not hearing a lot about 80/20 anymore, you’d still have to buy PMI.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Wow, too bad. I thought they were coming together.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
You know what? CHAL PLEEZ!!
March 11th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
JFB,
When we purchased our home in 2006 we put 5% down and had to get PMI. We then did a little remodeling and had it appraised about a year and a half later and suddenly we had the 20% equity and the PMI requirement was terminated. And by law, if you request it, your lender has to terminate PMI once you get 20% equity in the home.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Dakota
You couldn’t muster 20% on a 50,000 trailer?
March 11th, 2011 at 2:35 pm
“The Raiders have an unquestioned starting quarterback in Jason Campbell, and have signed more players than most NFL teams, meaning it won’t be quite the free agent scramble other teams will face when things get up and running.”
NFL Teams attempting rebuilds through free agency won’t have as much time to incorporate new players into their schemes, newly arrived players won’t have as much time to learn the playbook.
The Raiders at one point had the longest list of FAs in the NFL. Now it’s down to Huff and Asomugha. They overpaid to do it, but they will field essentially the same team as in 2010.
They have a leg up on teams with major holes to fill and if the season is delayed, they won’t lose money because there were no signing bonuses.
Seems like pretty savvy management to me . . .
March 11th, 2011 at 2:36 pm
F’ing owners outrageous demands and under handed BS.
“Oh, heres the finacials you asked for!”
F your business growth model. You may have to be content with ONLY $9 billion a year A holes. In case you hadn’t noticed the average median income for the vast majority of Americans is under 26 K a year.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
I can’t believe both sides are stupid enough to do this.
Millionaires fighting with billionaires, while millions of Americans are still out of work.
Ridiculous.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
6. Davis has seen strikes and strife b4
March 11th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
I think the players have little leverage. The person representing them should have negotiated better. Where is Gene Upshaw?
March 11th, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Sorry KK, I am a young man….when I purchased my home I didn’t have 50 years of bolw hair-cut savings like you and your husband….I mean wife.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
With Gene Upshaw at the helm, ol Al fixed the arguments on a one on one with Gene. Now you have Bob Kraft and Jerry Jones trying to put on the Good Ol Boys tacticts on a Union Lawyer. Not a good matchup I guess.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Neither side seemed to be willing to lose and the only way for a deal to happen is if both sides lost.
BAN THE TROLLS! or at least make them decertify.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
I cant muster 20% on a 15k trailor. What?… You rich people should pay more taxes!
March 11th, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Dakota Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Sorry KK, I am a young man….when I purchased my home I didn’t have 50 years of bolw hair-cut savings like you and your husband….I mean wife.
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Even in a low-price state like S Dakota???????
I guess the wages are pretty low there, no?
March 11th, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Only problem is that it is not 2006 so can’t count on the value appreciating.
Crunched some numbers and considering highly on getting a signature loan from the bank for 5 years, and once that’s paid off, in 5 years we will have put 20% down, avoided any PMI, made 5 years of payments, and than we could be looking at another upgrade in another 5 years.
That’s the plan at least.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:51 pm
So. When is the Arena League draft?
March 11th, 2011 at 2:51 pm
The wages are pretty low everywhere if you bought a home in the last 10 years you are probably upside down in your loan. I was lucky enough to buy before than hike in prices and I’m not swimming in equity.
Times are tough and we have untra-rich fools fighting over FREE-MONEY. They deserve whatever they get and worse. On a day when maybe 1,000 people die in a disaster they decide that anything less than filthy rich is unacceptable.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:53 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Raiders to lower ticket prices
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on March 11, 2011, 3:20 PM EST
As the league tries to avoid incurring a dramatic fan backlash over a possible work stoppage, one team has already started to take steps to prevent losing ticket sales.
The Raiders announced Friday that they are lowering ticket prices for 3,700 seats, including 2,300 “cheap seats” that went from $40 to $25.
This has less to do with the lockout, of course, and more to do with Oakland’s 8-8 record last year and 5 or less wins the previous 7 seasons
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Well whaddya know?
This should have been done years ago.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:53 pm
Avg down payment in California these days is 34%. Mostly move-up buyers. Most other’s here go FHA.
You need to talk to multiple Mortgage Brokers in your area.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
KK,
Since you are on this blog 24/7 business must be pretty slow huh? Not to mention the married life. Then again, I can see why you would rather be on a blog all day and night….I mean look what awaits you at home.
HEY MOE!
March 11th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
8.RaiderDuck Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
I can’t believe both sides are stupid enough to do this.
Millionaires fighting with billionaires, while millions of Americans are still out of work.
Ridiculous.
^^^^^^^^
Unreal huh?
It’s microcosim of how screwed up our society is.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Dakota, I’m here no more than you.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Not sure why these negotations turn into such life or death steel-cage matches.
Politics, local governments, now football. You get unions and owners together, and everything is big brawl, and both sides pine to the masses for pity.
These days though, good luck gaining any sympathy, and that goes for both sides.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Dakota, I’m here no more than you, my wife is beautiful, smart, and makes waay more money than me. I’m Kool witit.
March 11th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
You need glasses bro….just sayin….
March 11th, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Been married 26 years, Started with nothing, now we have a nice estate on 2 continents.
Black guy too, didn’t have all the advantages that Caucasians have.
I don’t know how you P’Woods didn’t advantage.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Now we get to see how much Al Davis spends on track suits. Show us the books Al!
March 11th, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Kell, please send me a list of caucasian advatages. gotta get some!
March 11th, 2011 at 3:03 pm
P’Woods in Flyover America, angry & jealous.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:04 pm
27.KoolKell Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Been married 26 years, Started with nothing, now we have a nice estate on 2 continents.
Black guy too, didn’t have all the advantages that Caucasians have.
I don’t know how you P’Woods didn’t advantage.
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Anyone can marry an ugly woman with money to carry their azzes….kind of strange that you brag about it though.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
“Can’t we all just get along”
March 11th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
She’ll be in Montana April 4th. Hope they don’t call her a N-lover.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
You mean people are out of work?
KK said the recession was over 18 months ago! Hope & change will kick in after pres purp lips spends another 850 billion on a job stimulus…
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RaiderDuck Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
I can’t believe both sides are stupid enough to do this.
Millionaires fighting with billionaires, while millions of Americans are still out of work.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
You are here probably 4 or 5 times as Dakota and your wife would make a train take a dirt road. Christ, you are fat, dumb, and blind?
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# KoolKell Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Dakota, I’m here no more than you, my wife is beautiful, smart, and makes waay more money than me. I’m Kool witit.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
tj,
I guess the owners didnt get your memo yesterday about not caring about a lockout?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:08 pm
BrownStains, RaiderRockstar, Dakota, and all the Grand Wizards of Flyover Amerika can kiss my black rich assz!
How’s dat?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
You mean your wife’s ugly rich azz? No thanks….
March 11th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
A 60yr old fat dumb broke moron using slang like “dat”.
Thats about the most pathetic thing I’ve seen this week and I’ve been allover the place. lol @ thinking your rich though
March 11th, 2011 at 3:11 pm
StankyBrown why don’t you give it a rest dude. I aint in the mood………….find someone else.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:11 pm
Up to you!
March 11th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
I am sure it is.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
tj, are you that naive to think I care about your mood?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Dakota, you’d better hurry if your family’s going to eat tonite.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:15 pm
KK, is your cash for clunkers contract almost up or did they extend you ?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Dakota, we’ve seen that fat cow of yours too, ya know.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
whether you care or not is your business i aint interested……….so bye!
March 11th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
KK,
Seriously, what’s your beef with rural America?
They don’t sell your standard platform shoes and fanny packs when your on vacation?
You got a lot of snob in you.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
tj, go sulk with a bottle of scotch and mesmerize yourself with still photos of DHB.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Please KK, we have all seen the pictures of Moe….wow….might be smart, might be rich….but you must need WWII blackout curtains in your bedroom.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Given the choice, I would start Hiram Eugene and Cooper Carlisle over Stevie Brown and Bruce Campbell on a short camp as well.
Both Brown and Campbell are learning new positions in the NFL. They could iron things out by the end of year 1, but I don’t want Brown at FS and Campbell at RG starting week 1.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Hope the union is broken permanently. Tired of hearing overpaid players crying for more and more and more and more…
March 11th, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Just Fire Baby Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
KK,
Seriously, what’s your beef with rural America?
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The ignorant people, mostly. I’m an international type of guy.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:21 pm
KK, its friday go all out and purchase that cube steak you’ve been dreaming about all week, you can even wash it down with some grape koolaid with extra sugar. Loosen up your suspenders get your wife a paper bag with her name on it and get yo freak on pimp juice.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Dakota, we’ve seen that fat cow of yours too, ya know.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Dakota, we’ve seen that fat cow of yours too, ya know.
Hope she gave up the meth while carrying that little monkey of yours?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Those awful Reps are investigating radical mosque’s in America and the Dems are fighting them tooth & nail ?
OMG they are the devil those Reps!
-thank you Peter King
March 11th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
That little retard is yours, yes?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
It doesn’t get any more “international” in America than New Mexico. Pretty much 50% “hispanic”, although more are of actual Spanish decent than Mexican or South American.
People look at my name like I am a foreigner around here.
And I am learning Spanish and eating green chiles on a daily basis.
Now how progressive is that?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:26 pm
KK, insulting a mans wife & kid?
A true Liberal!
March 11th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
And Go Lobos!!!!
March 11th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Rural Amerika is stuck in the 1950’s.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Players are employees, yet they call themselves partners. lol
March 11th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Where’s R8eray at?
Big-time Moutain West hoops tonight.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Lol, I must have hit a sore spot….hey Moe!
You shouldn’t be ashamed of Moe….true love is blind…and I am sure the nausea passed after a few years right KK? With the help of the blackout curtains of course….
March 11th, 2011 at 3:31 pm
C´mon. the only person with tons to win if the NFLPA negotiations continue is De Smith and his harem of $1,000/hour cronies.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Dakota Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Lol, I must have hit a sore spot….hey Moe!
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You’re kidding yourself. But how’s that Cow of your’s?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Both sides are listening to lawyers way too much right now.
The more lawyers involved, the less efficient things will become.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Dakota
Was your kid born with Down’s as a result of the meth?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:34 pm
De Smith pisses me off. Dude needs to shut up.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
67.KoolKell Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Dakota Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Lol, I must have hit a sore spot….hey Moe!
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You’re kidding yourself. But how’s that Cow of your’s?
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Why so defensive KK…you provided us with visual evidence that you like your women to look like men….nothing wrong with that….it is the 21st century and anything goes. Heck, pretty soon you can just marry a dude!
March 11th, 2011 at 3:36 pm
I have nothing against De Smith. Its just that i hate lawyers cause they charge by the hour and are incentivized to prolonge conflicts.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Dakota
A diet of Methamphetamine and possum can cause that.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Doesn´t DeSmith look a little like Howard D. Duck?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
The Players and Owners will now take the purse swinging to court..This will take a LONG while to resolve..
I’ve always wanted to take up fly fishing, just might have time to give it a go this fall, with the potential of not having anything else to do on Sundays..
March 11th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
20.KoolKell Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 2:53 pm
Avg down payment in California these days is 34%. Mostly move-up buyers. Most other’s here go FHA.
You need to talk to multiple Mortgage Brokers in your area.
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Not move up buyers…it’s mostly Chinese investors buying investment property or 2nd homes using all cash!
March 11th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/
Hundreds of Free Agents set to hit market at Midnight if injunction goes through.
HOLY CRAP! Might be an interesting weekend after all.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
KK,
I’d be interested to know why you chose not to have kids with her….was it the ugly gene you didn’t want to propagate? Or was she transgendered at birth and they chose to cut off the wrong part?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
I’m all for the Union fighting for what they want…all the way! Screw the owners!
I can live without NFL football for at least the 1st four games of the season.
It allows me to focus more on wagering on College Football and spending time with the family more.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Not move up buyers…it’s mostly Chinese investors buying investment property or 2nd homes using all cash!
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Yes, move-up buyers, and foreign investors, and all-cash buyers.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Screw the owners? You have clearly never owned a business.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Dakota
I bet that betch got huge, she was already very large
But that’s what happens to she-males in Podunk.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:43 pm
I think this decertification could back-fire on the union. Players could just go on there merry way and say thanks but no thanks to THAT union and form something a little different.
Kind of a hasty call on their part, IMO.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Dakota
Did your wife finish high school before she got knocked-up?
Hell, did you ever finish high school?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:44 pm
So, if this thing goes to court what is the argument on the players side?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
lol @ KK fishing for something that isn’t there…..but we have all seen visual evidence of Moe.
Yikes.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Decertification is the right move. Let the Owners go to court and let the Judge explain anti-trust to them.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
The tail doesn’t wag the horse. The players can be set back for years on this. If they can’t live on the league minimum, what, about $240,000 a year?,,, they’ll all be moving to Kell’s neighborhood!
March 11th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
No matter what the first court says, it will immediately get appealed by whatever side loses, and it will be tied up in the courts for a long time.
The players, the ACTUAL PLAYERS TODAY, do not want that and will not uniformally just sit there and lose money next year, “fighting the good fight”.
It just won’t happen. Kids today don’t care about the other man, it’s all about me, me, me.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
At least we all know why KK is always so bitter and pissed at the world…..can you imagine going home to Moe every night, hat in hand, begging for more money?
Explains a lot about this poor soul we know as koolkell. I’d be angry too!
March 11th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
81.Raider75 Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Screw the owners? You have clearly never owned a business.
^^^^^^^^
Not a multibillion dollar business….no.
I don’t cry for those greedy azz slave driving BILLIONAIRE owners!
Screw the lying greedy owners!
March 11th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
By anti-trust you mean monopoly?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Just Fire Baby Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
It just won’t happen. Kids today don’t care about the other man, it’s all about me, me, me.
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The Republican mantra, no?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
There will be a season people….lets not get crazy thinking there won’t be.
It just will start later than expected.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Macho Man Randy Savage Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
By anti-trust you mean monopoly?
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Yes.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
i am trying to follow this koolkell and dakota had a child together and named it mistabrown!is this correct
March 11th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Source: Free agency could start at midnight
Posted by Mike Florio on March 11, 2011, 6:31 PM EST
As the league scrambles to process the meaning of the union’s decision to decertify, a high-level source with one team tells PFT that the league is preparing for the possibility that free agency could begin soon.
As in at midnight.
Per the source, the league is bracing for the possibility of a ruling from Judge David Doty that would force the doors to remain open, compelling the league to allow player movement and trades as soon as 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
Thus, by tomorrow at this time, Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha could (key word . . . “could”) have a new team.
Though no one knows for sure whether that will happen, there’s a fear/belief that it could, and teams are preparing for the possibility.
Holy crap, this could get very interesting.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
The “season” will start once the players fold.
The owners have the teams and the money. As George Costanza would say, the players have no hand.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
No, Dakota had a child with a fat cow.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Macho Man Randy Savage Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
By anti-trust you mean monopoly?
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Yes.
+++++++++
Ever heard of American Needle?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
92.Macho Man Randy Savage Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
By anti-trust you mean monopoly?
^^^^^^^^^
Yep!
March 11th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Isn’t “fat cow” kind of a redundant?
Are there non-fat cows?
March 11th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Just Fire Baby Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
The “season” will start once the players fold.
The owners have the teams and the money. As George Costanza would say, the players have no hand.
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They also have the overhead. Jude Doty has already ruled they cannot use the TV money.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
I’ve seen some skinny cows on skinny farms.
March 11th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Time to cue up the late, great Warren Zevon…
..”Send Lawyers, guns and money. The isht has hit the fan.”…
March 11th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
98.Just Fire Baby Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
The “season” will start once the players fold.
The owners have the teams and the money. As George Costanza would say, the players have no hand.
^^^^^^^^
Oh they will fold…because America needs NFL Football….but they won’t fold until they get MOST of what they want!
Which the NFLPA will get.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
The only true winners of this conflict will be those 1k/hour lawyers.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
cows those things we get drunk and tip over on weekends?
March 11th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Jude Doty has already ruled they cannot use the TV money.
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The only owner that is scared of that is the only team owner today that lowered his ticket prices.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
No TV revenue = greater emphasis on game-day revenue’s
March 11th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Lets say the courts rule the NFL a monopoly. Crazy cause there are millions of other sources of entertainment for consumers, but what the hell. Then what? make baby nfls?… could a lawyer please help me out?
March 11th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
The Owners have a lot to lose too. If pushed legally, as the Players appear to be doing by decertifying, Anti-Trust problems would cripple the NFL as we know it. And Al Davis and the other vulnerable Owners may be out of business.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Wasn’t the USFL somewhat of a success for a few years?
Trump ran it into the ground eventually.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
or is it a monopoly from the players perspective? they have no alternatives of employment but the NFL? easy to make a case vs. that, no?
March 11th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
12:01 = no salary cap and hundreds of free agents.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Macho Man Randy Savage Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Lets say the courts rule the NFL a monopoly. Crazy cause there are millions of other sources of entertainment for consumers
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C’mon Dude jeez.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
And Al Davis and the other vulnerable Owners may be out of business.
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And how is that of any benefit to the players?
Al Davis pays his players handsomely.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
Kell, I understand the threat of litigation in economic terms. Please enlight me on the damned legal argument from the players side.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:09 pm
# Macho Man Randy Savage Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
or is it a monopoly from the players perspective? they have no alternatives of employment but the NFL? easy to make a case vs. that, no?
…….
didn’t they get degrees from college? They get employed anywhere that’s hiring just like the rest of us.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Al Davis pays scrubs handsomely.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:12 pm
well gentlemen. its been a pleasure. enjoy your weekend and take care.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Competition law, or antitrust law, has three main elements:
prohibiting agreements or practices that restrict free trading and competition between business. This includes in particular the repression of free trade caused by cartels.
banning abusive behavior by a firm dominating a market, or anti-competitive practices that tend to lead to such a dominant position. Practices controlled in this way may include predatory pricing, tying, price gouging, refusal to deal, and many others.
supervising the mergers and acquisitions of large corporations, including some joint ventures. Transactions that are considered to threaten the competitive process can be prohibited altogether, or approved subject to “remedies” such as an obligation to divest part of the merged business or to offer licenses or access to facilities to enable other businesses to continue competing.
Substance and practice of competition law varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Protecting the interests of consumers (consumer welfare) and ensuring that entrepreneurs have an opportunity to compete in the market economy are often treated as important objectives. Competition law is closely connected with law on deregulation of access to markets, state aids and subsidies, the privatization of state owned assets and the establishment of independent sector regulators, among other market-oriented supply-side policies. In recent decades, competition law has been viewed as a way to provide better public services.[3] Robert Bork has argued that competition laws can produce adverse effects when they reduce competition by protecting inefficient competitors and when costs of legal intervention are greater than benefits for the consumers.[4]
March 11th, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Scrubs are part of the union.
The players should not be focusing on things that would lessen revenues for struggling teams in this economy.
You could lose 3 teams overnight.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Tell Miss Elizabeth I said Hello
March 11th, 2011 at 4:15 pm
JFB
Funny how Republicans always side with the Corporation, EVEN Corporations with a Socialist makeup, whom they claim to hate, like the NFL.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:25 pm
Man Republicans and Democrats…….just a bunch of nonsense.
You shouldn’t buy into all that stuff. Each side is trying to screw over both me and you.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:26 pm
#6- Well said. My biggest worry going into this offseason was losing players to free agency. Dont really care if they were overpaid for, its not my money.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:26 pm
Just Fire Baby Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 4:25 pm
Man Republicans and Democrats…….just a bunch of nonsense.
You shouldn’t buy into all that stuff. Each side is trying to screw over both me and you.
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That’s what Republicans say after a Republican Administration F’s up.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:27 pm
JFB, it’s the American way, but at least we get to see how good the scrubs are, may be a diamond in the rough?
March 11th, 2011 at 4:28 pm
nfl and union could settle their dispute quickly if they use Sharia law .
March 11th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
But big market owners don’t have to share profits. ie Dallas, NY, etc, Dallas is loving this!!!!
March 11th, 2011 at 4:31 pm
Best diamond in the rough for this team would be……….
I’ll throw out Desmond Bryant. Undrafted, but pretty active and physical, with an Ivy league education.
Always liked his game, in a reserve role. You can never have enough inexpensive, quality reserve defensive lineman.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, seven others file antitrust suit
Posted by Michael David Smith on March 11, 2011, 7:03 PM EST
Ten players, including Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees, have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL, seeking to prevent the owners from locking the players out.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court immediately after the players’ union decertified on Friday.
The players have asked for an injunction that would keep the league operating and stop the teams from a lockout when the current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires, at midnight.
The other players named in the lawsuit are Vincent Jackson, Ben Leber, Logan Mankins, Brian Robison, Osi Umenyiora, Mike Vrabel and Texas A&M linebacker Von Miller.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
The players currently get a 52/48 split with owners on their old contract. Are they crazy????
March 11th, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Five nuk reactors in Japan are running a State of Emergency, high pressures and too hot, and we are worrying about a fight between billionaires and millionares. The American Way!
March 11th, 2011 at 4:42 pm
860Todd Christensen Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
The players currently get a 52/48 split with owners on their old contract. Are they crazy????
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It’s he Owners who are asking for 1 Billion in givebacks.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
860Todd Christensen Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Five nuk reactors in Japan are running a State of Emergency, high pressures and too hot, and we are worrying about a fight between billionaires and millionares. The American Way!
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30,000 children starve to death every 24 hours worldwide. I never hear you talking about that either.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
860Todd Christensen Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
The players currently get a 52/48 split with owners on their old contract. Are they crazy????
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I believe it was 60/40 but only after the owners got 100% of the 1st BILLION.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:46 pm
Japan will figure it out, they’ve been through worse.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Screw the NFL. I won’t give them a penny this year.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Kell, it costs a LOT to run a team in the NFL. The Owners take all the risks, should be entitled to a reward for doing so. But this money is the difference between building new stadiums or playing in armpits for a lot of teams. Everone is getting rich, I think DE JONES is burning up TIVO’S watching himself on tv every night. Judge Judy would put him straight in a second!
March 11th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
lets take up a collection for al too make it thru this.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
It was raised to 1.8 billion in negotiations……
March 11th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
If I were the NFLPA I think I’d be asking for a more equitable share of the revenues but also:
• Salary cap for all Rookies
X $’s for 1st round picks
Y $’s for 2nd round picks
Etc., Etc.
• A raise to the current salary caps for owners
• A raise to the number of players on the active roster and practice squads
• Paid medical for all 3 year + veteran players even after retirement
• Paid-up Long Term Care policy for all 5 year + veterans
• Co-sharing retirement plan
• All initial rookie contract periods to be 3 years
• Franchise tags to be limited to 2 successive years maximum
I’m sure there are bunch of other important things that should be part of an agreement but these are the ones that I think are real important.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/NFL-releases-latest-proposal-it-made-to-union.html
Players’ greed exposed. No other industry offers this much compensation to its employees.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:59 pm
139.Just Fire Baby Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 4:46 pm
Japan will figure it out, they’ve been through worse.
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This is true. They’ve been around for thousands of years, are the only country to eat nukes, they’ve survived other quakes and countless Godzilla attacks.
March 11th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Arena Football starting on NFLN.
At least its football.
March 11th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
The Owners don’t take ALL the risks, I’ve never seen one of them paralyzed or concussed.
March 11th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
I’ve never seen an Owner drop dead in the middle of a practice in 100 degree weather, either.
March 11th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
JB, retirements, long term care, are Union concerns, not owners. Players are free to play to the highest bidder, no owner who had someone play for him for 2 years, should be responsible for him. That comes out of the Players share!
March 11th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
147.Raider75 Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Arena Football starting on NFLN.
At least its football.
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Confirmation of my earlier assumption
March 11th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
I was Home-ported out of Japan for 5 years. Love the people.
March 11th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Financial risk, Kell, you wouldn’t understand…..
March 11th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
How to survive Godzilla attacks
Bad luck. It seems to dog your footsteps everywhere you go. Now you ate too many pot brownies or something and there is now a pissed off dinosaur attacking your city.
Difficulty:EasyInstructions
things you’ll need:
Cell phone
First aid kit
Radioactive shelter
1
Remain calm. It may be a dream, so pinch yourself. If you wake up, then just lay off the pizza before going to bed. If not, and there is a giant radioactive lizard attacking your town, then refer to step two.
2
Notify the proper authorities. Be prepared for a large amount of skepticism. In fact, they may try to haul you down to the station for making a false report. But, better safe than sorry, right?
3
Proceed to the nearest basement. Avoid shopping malls, movie theaters, miniature golf courses, and other places where large crowds tend to congregate. You don’t want to get trampled. In fact if you are seeing a gigantic monster, I’d like you to stay as far away from me as possible.
4
Your shelter should be stocked with lots of food and non-perishable goods. Have a sleeping bag handy.
5
Be patient. Godzilla will pass eventually. Even big lizards get tired after awhile you know.
6
If all else fails, Call Mothra!!!
March 11th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
151. Yup.
On the same token the owners want to cut players pay by 18%, take a billion dollars off the top and make them play 2 additional games.
AND make them pay for increased care for aging vets.
It IS a microcosm of whats happening in America.
EAT THE RICH
March 11th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
860Todd Christensen Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Financial risk, Kell, you wouldn’t understand…..
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You Repubs are always against people aren’t you?
March 11th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
How exactly do players perceive to deserve entitlements? As a trade association?
Sorry kids, there is nowhere written in the constitution of the United States that anyone has the inalienable right to receive millions of dollars for playing with other kids.
As well there is nowhere written that the owners of such kid’s game franchises have the inalienable rights to own or profit from such things.
Yes, now the leeches upon society can argue their cases, but in no way does it impinge on the fact that the NFL is not guaranteed to exist as per the Bill of Rights.
Gringos fiddle as the world burns.
sorry Fearless Leader, you might have an extended furlough.
March 11th, 2011 at 5:09 pm
153. Thanks for serving
March 11th, 2011 at 5:10 pm
860Todd Christensen Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Financial risk, Kell, you wouldn’t understand…..
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What financial risks?
March 11th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
157.KoolKell Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
860Todd Christensen Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Financial risk, Kell, you wouldn’t understand…..
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You Repubs are always against people aren’t you?
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Silly Rabbit! They dpn’t see anyone with under $100 mill as “people”
March 11th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
The LingerieFootballLeague will take up the slack: as per Bob Golic’s promise. (A new spokesman gig for JJ?)
March 11th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Japan is the first foreign country I’d ever been to. Straight out of Oakland.
It took me awhile to adjust. But it was the first time in my life I didn’t have to carry the N-word baggage, delightfully strange.
March 11th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Kell, I was brought up to go to church, pay your taxes, work every day and carry your own weight. Like I said, you wouldn’t understand……
March 11th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
C’mon GoodBlow00, tell how we should stick it to the rich man and fight the power and how evil the NFL owners are.
March 11th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Tell us all how you don’t believe AFL is real football GoodBlow00.
We all know if you were standing in front of an AFL player you would tell him how great he was and how cool the AFL is.
March 11th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Raider75 Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Tell us all how you don’t believe AFL is real football GoodBlow00.
We all know if you were standing in front of an AFL player you would tell him how great he was and how cool the AFL is.
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I guess he feels you’re too stupid to respond to. Good for him.
March 11th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
KoolKell Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Japan is the first foreign country I’d ever been to. Straight without the Purple drank or vancover weed.
It took me awhile to adjust. But it was the first time in my life I didn’t have to carry the N-word baggage, delightfully strange.
March 11th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
Wisconsin Gov Walker signed into law the Bill denying Collective Bargaining of Public Workers Unions.
Coincidently exempting Police & Fireman, the good ole boys.
March 11th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
I bet the Prez carries Wisconsin in 12′
March 11th, 2011 at 5:58 pm
171.KoolKell Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
Wisconsin Gov Walker signed into law the Bill denying Collective Bargaining of Public Workers Unions.
Coincidently exempting Police & Fireman, the good ole boys.
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They’ll need them to repress the masses
March 11th, 2011 at 6:00 pm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110312/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_nfl_labor_antitrust;_ylt=AktaVb_9bpII00TaLS2J3cNH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTM3YjJocHBsBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMzEyL2Zibl9uZmxfbGFib3JfYW50aXRydXN0BGNjb2RlA2dtcHJkZQRjcG9zAzQEcG9zAzQEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNicmFkeW1hbm5pbmc-
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Jeez what link! Anyway, its says “Brees, Brady, Manning file anti trust lawsuit against NFL monopoly.
March 11th, 2011 at 6:04 pm
Yeah, I saw that at PFT.
March 11th, 2011 at 6:35 pm
I’m glad it’s Manning & Brady instead of Vick McNab, lol.
I’d catch a lot of grief.
March 11th, 2011 at 6:39 pm
The ghost of Reggie White
March 11th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
Man this Jimmer Ferdette is insane.
I think he just scored 34 points in the first half lol.
March 11th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
The GOP budget plan that passed through the House last month aimed to cut funding for a tsunami warning center that issued a slew of warnings around Japan’s devastating earthquake
March 11th, 2011 at 8:10 pm
BS detector + troll
March 11th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
I have been doing this since I was ankle low to a bee’s toe you dig? I kill trolls like the roaches that they are and piss on their remains!
You best hope I don’t think that you are a troll son, speaking of which I’m not familiar with your moniker, are you new? Best watch yourself if you know what’s straight!
March 11th, 2011 at 8:19 pm
GoodOle00 = feable minded troll sack lint
March 11th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
BS Detector = Cross Dressing Troll.
March 11th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
As much as you guys argue politics you’d think there must be a political blog somewhere that’s aweful jealous. Why not search it out?
March 11th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Terrell Owens should have a good year with Campbell throwing too him!
March 11th, 2011 at 9:23 pm
Campbell is going to have a good year throwing whomever he has to throw to, this will Chaz Schilens breakout year…………bank it!
March 11th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
182.priesttj Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
As much as you guys argue politics you’d think there must be a political blog somewhere that’s aweful jealous. Why not search it out?
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Agree. Leave politics to the politicians. Or go run for some kind of office or some damn thing and try and do something about all the complaints. It is amusing tho to say the least.
March 11th, 2011 at 9:29 pm
That’s what makes me triple angry about this whole sqabble between the owners and players is the year I think we can have.
I think JFord with Chaz and even DHB to a lesser extent were going to give us our first legitimate passing game. Now we’re going stunt that with this stupidity.
March 11th, 2011 at 9:32 pm
wassup priest? guess every1 will have to get a hobby while these greedy bastards b!tch over a billion dollars.
March 11th, 2011 at 9:41 pm
It’s crazy to think that you can ask a business man to show you his books for the last ten years as if you are partners with him. The players are employees NOT partners there is a HUGE difference in expectations you are not supposed to share in the profits you can only negotiate YOUR salary. As with any union you negoiate but to ask the business owner to consider you a partner is insane. Players make more money than any entertainers in this country that have the benefit being considered an employee with medical benefits. They wear the company uniforms and have to abide by company M&P’s and policies. They are not like individual entities they are part of an organization. In order to be a partner you have to bare some of the financial risk and they bare none.
March 11th, 2011 at 9:41 pm
without no nfl games the ufl will rise like a phoenix from the ashes as they will get the big tv money!
March 11th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Whassup Armond I’m going crazy watching these W’s play the Magic, but that’s the rumor man and it’s a damn shame in this economy.
March 11th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
The UFL is loving this they hope the NFL kills the golden goose with these players all becoming FA’s and anyone can bid for their services.
March 11th, 2011 at 10:07 pm
yeah the dubs stunk it up so i turned away. good points about the players not being partners. i believe demaurice has overplayed his hand in this. he is trying to make a name for himself as the anti gene upshaw. both parties can go to hell as far as im concerned.
March 11th, 2011 at 10:11 pm
So what the cba comes down to is this: players trying to shake down the owners? or owners asking their employees to take a pay cut? Seems to be a healthy and thriving business, so whats the problem?
March 11th, 2011 at 10:20 pm
it would be nice to have a afl type league form again and not merge with the nfl. this is why u need competition. i hope the ufl does succeed. if the players want to dictate the rules then they show jump to the ufl or form their own league.
March 11th, 2011 at 10:20 pm
You’re right IMO Armond D Smith is trying to make name for himself at everyones expense. There is no way in the world he can argue that the players are partners. To try and sell that is crazy IMO. There are million people out here that are union members and they can’t call themselves partners of the company they work for.
March 11th, 2011 at 10:30 pm
It’s a great night to be a Raiders fan! Isn’t it?!
Did somebody say lockout?
Don’t call me when the “poor” Owners go t!ts-up…Call me when the “rich” Owners start sweating, and that’ll be a lot sooner than you think.
We all might just be surprised at which teams and owners are actual OWNers, and which are big-time OWErs. Somebody’s gotta pay for those shiny new palaces some teams are inhabiting…
…and you’ve gotta wonder if some of these teams are upside-down, with or without new stadiums. How many teams needed to borrow money to pay big bonuses, operating expenses, etc., until the TV monies came rolling in??
Some teams, and Owners, may not be the recognized “big boys” of the League…but they might be better off financially than those other teams, and have much less debt.
What the Owners desperately don’t want us (the Public and/or the Union) to see is how those big-name teams stand financially.
They definitely don’t want books opened-up in courtroom proceedings…and any level-headed Judge will insist he/she sees numbers.
Panic when June rolls around, and scab tryouts start. Until then, and unless that happens, all the hyperventilating and hyperbole from both sides is just that.
Football in ‘11…with real NFL players!
March 11th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
193.DaRayduh Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 10:11 pm
So what the cba comes down to is this: players trying to shake down the owners? or owners asking their employees to take a pay cut? Seems to be a healthy and thriving business, so whats the problem?
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DaRayduh..What’s up bro? Been layin’ low ‘eh?
March 11th, 2011 at 10:42 pm
If we bring in the scabs I hope we see Vince Evans again. Or better yet…the return of Jamarcus. Ha.
March 11th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
BS Detector Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
…You best hope I don’t think that you are a troll son, speaking of which I’m not familiar with your moniker, are you new? Best watch yourself if you know what’s straight!
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The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.
March 11th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
Hayes says:
“What the Owners desperately don’t want us (the Public and/or the Union) to see is how those big-name teams stand financially.”
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Amen.
Pretty sure the NFLPA knows this and is using it as leverage. A veiled threat as it were.
“Stop trying to force us to take less and play more and we’ll let you keep cooking the books.”
March 11th, 2011 at 10:48 pm
Priesttj Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 10:20 pm
You’re right IMO Armond D Smith is trying to make name for himself at everyones expense. There is no way in the world he can argue that the players are partners. To try and sell that is crazy IMO. There are million people out here that are union members and they can’t call themselves partners of the company they work for.
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Ever the Al Davis kiss assz.
March 11th, 2011 at 10:52 pm
Actually, BHP — There are millions of Union workers out there who are partners. And, no, I’m not taking the Union’s side in this thing…
But, the Owners and Players each have a fiduciary duty to the other party…and a large part of that duty includes trying to make as much money for the League as possible, so they can split the proceeds. Once the Owners made the sneaky deal for payments regardless of whether games are played, the Owners broke that fiduciary duty.
Partners?? In the language of their contract, it states (or will again) that BOTH parties are in business together, and that they are in fact partners…partners who, among other things, agree to bargain in good faith with the other party.
Any contractual agreement that relies on an agreed-to split of gross profits — whether between millionaires or shack-dwellers — must include transparency of the books.
March 11th, 2011 at 10:56 pm
KK look man I’m not sure what you think Al Davis has to do with what I said, but I’m just going to say this if you want a war with me just ask. I’m tired of your crap. I couldn’t care less about Al Davis it’s you that’s obsessed with him not me.
Now if you really want a piece of me just ask………..get it.
March 11th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
You guys gonna have a playground scrap?
March 11th, 2011 at 11:02 pm
I got company…gotta run.
You boys don’t hurt each other, now. We’re all rooting for the same team, aren’t we??
It’s a great night to be a Raiders fan. Isn’t it?!
March 11th, 2011 at 11:03 pm
We can have whatever he wants to have I’m just sick of that dude. Just because he hates the man he wants everyone to feel the way he feels or else you’re an ass kisser. I have a different opinion based on MY EXPERIENCES. If he doesn’t like it TOUGH!!
March 12th, 2011 at 12:35 am
Disgusting, greedy parties in the entertainment business and want more money. In the end, the fans will pay via price hikes from parking, tickets, peanuts, you name it. Business is business, but were talking entertainment business, not auto factories or or the farming industry, or hospitals, where people work hard for their paychecks so they can go to football games and spend a weeks pay.
March 12th, 2011 at 12:39 am
DaRayduh..What’s up bro? Been layin’ low ‘eh?
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Been pokin my head in from time to time. That press conference was a real turn off, so it did me some good not make any comments about it.
March 12th, 2011 at 12:46 am
From what i have read this has been the plan from the beginning. PFT had a good article on language of the union’s ability to legally decert. the players have a judge that will/ has ruled in their favor on more times than not… owners will try to have him removed: up hill battle.
Free agency will happen within a months time, and the league will resume business with the two sides arguing it out in court. Owners bid to lockout players will fail.
Keep in mind that the owners are more fractioned than the republican party. They are not in agreement, and will ultimately fight with each other more than the with the union.
March 12th, 2011 at 1:31 am
191. Again Priest you’re wrong about something.
The players actually ARE business partners NOT mere employees.
Thats the problem with this situation. Alot of people have and opinion one way or the other regardless of their knowledge.
March 12th, 2011 at 1:34 am
212. “”the players have a judge that will/ has ruled in their favor on more times than not… owners will try to have him removed: up hill battle.”
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Actually Doty is NOT presiding over this. It was assigned according order but Doty, like you said has presided b4 and there fore could get reassigned to it because of his experience.
Lets hope so.
March 12th, 2011 at 4:37 am
Just Fire Baby Says:
March 11th, 2011 at 10:43 am
Over/under on Dwight Howard rebounds tonight?
I seriously think if I set the line I would put it at 21.
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Not bad eh??
Right on the number
March 12th, 2011 at 6:19 am
It’s crazy to think that you can ask a business man to show you his books for the last ten years as if you are partners with him. The players are employees NOT partners there is a HUGE difference in expectations you are not supposed to share in the profits you can only negotiate YOUR salary. As with any union you negoiate but to ask the business owner to consider you a partner is insane. Players make more money than any entertainers in this country that have the benefit being considered an employee with medical benefits. They wear the company uniforms and have to abide by company M&P’s and policies. They are not like individual entities they are part of an organization. In order to be a partner you have to bare some of the financial risk and they bare none.
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I agree with this post. It would be ludicrous if the owners show there books.
This is all about money an power!!!
March 12th, 2011 at 7:01 am
WOW…I am sick of the greed of the players.
They are making millions of dollars and want more?
The owners have INVESTED their money in a business and they players get paid no matter if the team makes money or not with their guaranteed contracts.
Average players are making a hell of a lot of money, with ironclad contracts. Most working people have no contracts. They can get canned if they don’t produce and if their performance doesn’t ensure profitability for the company they get thrown on the street.
What a bunch of punks.
March 12th, 2011 at 7:02 am
Being a business man ….I simply don’t like unions …they can completely ruin a business …look at the airline industry, the manufacturing industry …seems like any industry affected by unions are on the borderline of extinction here in the US
March 12th, 2011 at 7:29 am
Keep your PMS off this blog and stick to football, loser.
March 12th, 2011 at 8:21 am
Sweet Jesus, PLEASE END THIS God%&mn lockout…
these stupid a$% back-and-forth posts between politics and personal lives of folks is excruciating…
Get it done, please so we can get on to the draft..
March 13th, 2011 at 3:13 am
Don’t these idiots know that fans create the excitement and their salaries on all sides! Keep being stupid NFL and players. There are other venues out there. You have until the first week of summer, before fans of the game walk away, like they did to the NBA. Owners have more than enough to play all workers. Remember the worker in stadiums across America. Oh, players don’t you forget who pays your salaries, THE FANS period. Be stupid okay, I’ve think the government should tax the NFL heavy. All exemptions taken away and fire Goodell, period. Remember the fans make it and we can break it, so be stupid about it!
March 14th, 2011 at 5:02 am
Chaz can’t get injured during a work stopage! Wait, yah, he probably could!
March 20th, 2011 at 1:46 am
FTP those greedy bastards cant split a billion $ pot. especially in the economic state as a nation …. i will protest all games and NFL merchandise this year if it’s a short season or worst….they aint getting nothing from me but i will still do fantasy lol
March 20th, 2011 at 2:00 am
well said DKnght007… these guys dont get it and get mad when we dont show up to watch a game and say we dont support our team… no they dont support me and the fam, and except for most of this year… they didnt show up either the last 7 years… put individual NFL games on PPV to boost rev if it dont sell out by thur for local people still can pay to watch a game when they cant go to game… win win for everybody