The Philadelphia Eagles are going to suck in 2011 thread

[Hawk]

Money, and people's love of it, will ensure there's a 2011 NFL season

The owner's are getting that 5 billion dollar TV contract with or without a season.

[Tomahawk]

No shtein? That doesn't seem right...maybe there won't be football then.

Do the players still get paid regardless too?

[Hawk]

No shtein? That doesn't seem right...maybe there won't be football then.

Do the players still get paid regardless too?

Last I heard the players were trying to get an injunction or something to try and make sure the owners don't get paid if there's no season.  However, right now, the way the TV contracts are set up, the owners are getting paid regardless.

[Sgt PSN]

baseball didnt have a world series one year...that was like the gretzky being traded of strikes...once that happens there can be a strike/lockout in any sport at anytime regardless of circumstance

Unlike baseball, the NFL knows that they could lose and entire season and fans will still be lining up to get tickets. Obviously they'd lose money next year without a season but it would never have the same long term impact that baseball suffered through.

[ice grillin you]

actually nfl ticket sales have steadily gone down...what makes the nfl money is tv contracts

but i wasnt talking specifics and comparing the two situations...im saying in a general sense once baseball pissed away a world series which was something no one on earth ever thought would happen (where as theres many people that think the nfl could stop play) you no longer could ever say again a strike/lock out definitely wont happen

just like once gretzky got traded the days of untouchable players or the thought that theres no way a certain guy would ever get moved ended

[MDS]

theyd lose an enormous amount of momentum but kind of like hockey people will just eventually come back because they love it so much/have gambling problems

in fact the fans response to hockeys lost season was sickening and one of the many reasons i dont give a shtein anymore

[ice grillin you]

in fact the fans response to hockeys lost season was sickening and one of the many reasons i dont give a shtein anymore

one of the dumbest things ever said about any sports related topic

hockey needed a lockout/strike...it was a completely broken sport...which is the exact opposite of a baseball or football where a stike/lockouts are all about money and only money

hockey on the other hand drastically changed the rules and the enforcement of rules in its game and for the better...and even in the areas where money was the factor they pretty much handled everything right...specifically instituting a salary cap...so to somehow hold it against the fans for coming back right away is beyond stupid as it was an incredibly productive time of stoppage and the sport that returned was much better than the one that left

and lets be real you never cared about hockey to begin with...but the notion that you became less interested in it because of fans reaction to its work stoppage is ludicrous

[Sgt PSN]

IGY is on point today with some of his posts. Must have been that clean MA air getting in his blood or something. I dislike hockey a little less post lockout thanks to some of the rule changes. I still won't make it a point to watch a game but if that's all they're showing at the bar, I'm not bitching quite as much either.

[MDS]

in fact the fans response to hockeys lost season was sickening and one of the many reasons i dont give a shtein anymore

one of the dumbest things ever said about any sports related topic

hockey needed a lockout/strike...it was a completely broken sport...which is the exact opposite of a baseball or football where a stike/lockouts are all about money and only money

hockey on the other hand drastically changed the rules and the enforcement of rules in its game and for the better...and even in the areas where money was the factor they pretty much handled everything right...specifically instituting a salary cap...so to somehow hold it against the fans for coming back right away is beyond stupid as it was an incredibly productive time of stoppage and the sport that returned was much better than the one that left

and lets be real you never cared about hockey to begin with...but the notion that you became less interested in it because of fans reaction to its work stoppage is ludicrous

you obviously didnt know me back in the day, i was mad into the eric lindros era flyers. i had a john leclair jersey and used to listen to games on the radio. that loss to the devils in 01 still pains me.

but yes...i dont care about needed rule changes or whatever. they canceled an entire season of a sport because of bullshtein and everyone came back as if nothing happened. but this is what you get when 95% of the fan bases are northern us MAers and canadiens.

[reese125]

in fact the fans response to hockeys lost season was sickening and one of the many reasons i dont give a shtein anymore

one of the dumbest things ever said about any sports related topic

hockey needed a lockout/strike...it was a completely broken sport...which is the exact opposite of a baseball or football where a stike/lockouts are all about money and only money

hockey on the other hand drastically changed the rules and the enforcement of rules in its game and for the better...and even in the areas where money was the factor they pretty much handled everything right...specifically instituting a salary cap...so to somehow hold it against the fans for coming back right away is beyond stupid as it was an incredibly productive time of stoppage and the sport that returned was much better than the one that left

and lets be real you never cared about hockey to begin with...but the notion that you became less interested in it because of fans reaction to its work stoppage is ludicrous

you obviously didnt know me back in the day, i was mad into the eric lindros era flyers.

i had a john leclair jersey and used to listen to games on the radio. that loss to the devils in 01 still pains me.

ha..sure it does migy

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Mike Patterson is now going to be an unrestricted free agent. The remaining years of his deal voided for whatever reason.

I hear Haynesworth is available.


Also, the Eagles are expected to sign the top pass rusher from the CFL, Phillip Hunt.

[SD]

Update: That report is not true. Patterson is NOT a free agent.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Thank God. He's a really great player.

Well, he's at least a serviceable starter.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Vick to get franchised. Akers to get transitioned.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Trent Cole has arthroscopic elbow surgery