Lockout Thread

[ice grillin you]

i dont buy into the comparison to the regular person...they arent regular people...they have a skill that no one else in the world does and that skill generates mountains of money so naturally they are going to live a more privledged life than you or i...altho im not sure id call a lot of ex players lives privledged...being crippled doesnt sound like much fun to me

[Rome]

Larry Flynt says, fuhhh yaouuuu

[SunMo]

i read that one of the things that blew everything up last Friday is that the Owners wanted the salary cap to be a fixed number throughout the CBA.  So while the owners renegotiated the TV deal the players would be getting paid the same amount.  What scumbags.

[ice grillin you]

kind of the same thing is why they opted out of the deal in the first place....they were shocked by how much the tv deals exploded (especially the direct tv one)...so instead of being happy that everyone would be making gobs more money down the road they were upset that they werent getting a larger % of this new money....so basically they wanted a larger cut of the larger cut

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

There are a lot of highly paid colossal douchebags at the center of this problem:

Owners
Lawyers
Big-ticket Players
Executives

Those who are the most hurt by this:

Lower-tier and league minimum players
Lower/Middle Class fans


It's all a hell of a lot of bullshtein.

BTW, my real take is that the more I find out about ex-players' health problems, the more I think that the game has a shelf-life in general. It is a hell of a lot of fun to watch but ultimately inhuman. Both sides should try to get as much money as they can now, because I think that the game will eventually be illegal. No joke.

[SunMo]

that thought has has crossed my mind more than once

[DH]

same here..hopefully not in our lifetimes though

kevin burnett is the farging man

[Sgt PSN]

You guys watch too much Demolition Man.   

[PhillyGirl]

There are a lot of highly paid colossal douchebags at the center of this problem:

Owners
Lawyers
Big-ticket Players
Executives

Those who are the most hurt by this:

Lower-tier and league minimum players
Lower/Middle Class fans


It's all a hell of a lot of bullshtein.

BTW, my real take is that the more I find out about ex-players' health problems, the more I think that the game has a shelf-life in general. It is a hell of a lot of fun to watch but ultimately inhuman. Both sides should try to get as much money as they can now, because I think that the game will eventually be illegal. No joke.

And every employee of the NFL and its stadiums...behind the scenes.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

You guys watch too much Demolition Man.  

You shall accompany me to... Taco Bell.

Be well.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

:

"You're panicking if you're a guy who is living paycheck to paycheck," Strahan told Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times. "You have to remember, every guy [in the NFL] doesn't make millions. Then you have to remember, some of those guys making millions still live paycheck to paycheck. If you're an owner, you have leverage. That's where players can get weak, when they start missing checks. That's when it's going to get scary for a lot of people. Trust me."

Nice.

[Munson]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Vikings-punter-Kluwe-gets-creative-in-describing?urn=nfl-wp363

[Sgt PSN]

That's pretty awesome.  His simple translation of the Commish's letter to the players is great too.

[Diomedes]

That's pretty awesome.  His simple translation of the Commish's letter to the players is great too.

Yes, and yes.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

nice summary by PFT

farg the farging fargers.