Great story on the details of what may happen when the CBA expires

[X-Era]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/ten-things-to-know-about-the-labor-situation/

[Forward_Lateral]

Re: Great story on the details of what may happen when the CBA expires

Well, this offseason is going to suck.

[Beebe's Kid]

Re: Great story on the details of what may happen when the CBA expires

Come on, dude, this isn't real!! It's line politics, or something.

Newton or Mallet....wait for poll!!!

[BillsFever21]

Re: Great story on the details of what may happen when the CBA expires

Hopefully they can come to an agreement so none of this crap occurs. The game is going too good right now for a lockout/strike to occur.

[X-Era]

Re: Great story on the details of what may happen when the CBA expires

Hopefully they can come to an agreement so none of this crap occurs. The game is going too good right now for a lockout/strike to occur.

Greed.

[YardRat]

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Regardless of the issues and agendas at play, a concern has emerged that the ranks of NFL ownership are being overrun by men whose personal financial interests supersede the best interests of the game. Combined with the possibility that union leadership is being influenced, directly or indirectly, by concerns unrelated to the long-term health and well-being of the game, damage to the sport seems to be inevitable.

Bullsye.

[Goobylal]

Re: Great story on the details of what may happen when the CBA expires

Regardless of the issues and agendas at play, a concern has emerged that the ranks of NFL ownership are being overrun by men whose personal financial interests supersede the best interests of the game. Combined with the possibility that union leadership is being influenced, directly or indirectly, by concerns unrelated to the long-term health and well-being of the game, damage to the sport seems to be inevitable.

Bullsye.

That's exactly the problem. The owners should have threatened a lockout back in 2006 (it wouldn't have happened, whereas it is a foregone conclusion now), rather than give the players a billion more dollars over the past 5 seasons. But they didn't want to have to cut players to fit under the old, lower cap, and guys like Kraft and Jones had money tied into their new playgrounds.

[Extremebillsfan247]

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Ralph Wilson and Cincy's owner Mike Brown saw this coming a couple years ago when they were the only 2 to vote against the revenue sharing deal that Owners like Jerry Jones wanted implemented. It's not the only problem but one of the core issues here. It's all about the splitting up of the money and who gets what. I don't remember all of it but it had something to do with the bigger market teams not wanting to share their earnings with the smaller markets, and since no one could agree on a solution to the money problem, they figured a quick fix was to cut out the players by 18% to cover the spread. So, the players are essentially being forced to take a pay cut, and play an addition 2 more games per year all so the Owners can all make a profit. That's my understanding of all this the way Florio explains it.

[Forward_Lateral]

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If there is no season in 2011, the NFL will suffer more than Baseball and Hockey did, IMO.

[mikemac2001]

Re: Great story on the details of what may happen when the CBA expires

Ralph Wilson and Cincy's owner Mike Brown saw this coming a couple years ago when they were the only 2 to vote against the revenue sharing deal that Owners like Jerry Jones wanted implemented. It's not the only problem but one of the core issues here. It's all about the splitting up of the money and who gets what. I don't remember all of it but it had something to do with the bigger market teams not wanting to share their earnings with the smaller markets, and since no one could agree on a solution to the money problem, they figured a quick fix was to cut out the players by 18% to cover the spread. So, the players are essentially being forced to take a pay cut, and play an addition 2 more games per year all so the Owners can all make a profit. That's my understanding of all this the way Florio explains it.

Was just about to say

Was Ralph right?

I mean most people.ripped him apart because of it saying he was stubburn and time passed him by.

[Extremebillsfan247]

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Was just about to say

Was Ralph right?

I mean most people.ripped him apart because of it saying he was stubburn and time passed him by.

Yeah, he and Mike Brown were both heavily criticized for it.

[OpIv37]

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Was just about to say

Was Ralph right?

I mean most people.ripped him apart because of it saying he was stubburn and time passed him by.

Ralph voted against the agreement because he "didn't understand it.". Those were his own words. So, enough of the revisionist history trying to give him credit, please.

And BTW, the new agreement may negatively affect revenue sharing, which would hurt ralphs position.

[justasportsfan]

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Ralph voted against the agreement because he "didn't understand it.". Those were his own words. So, enough of the revisionist history trying to give him credit, please.

And BTW, the new agreement may negatively affect revenue sharing, which would hurt ralphs position.

so there's some advantage to being senile.

[BillsFever21]

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If there is no season in 2011, the NFL will suffer more than Baseball and Hockey did, IMO.

It might take a small hit by casual fans but the day they started playing football again all the diehards would be sitting up the night before like it's Christmas waiting for the season to start.

[PromoTheRobot]

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Ralph voted against the agreement because he "didn't understand it.". Those were his own words. So, enough of the revisionist history trying to give him credit, please.

And BTW, the new agreement may negatively affect revenue sharing, which would hurt ralphs position.

What he "didn't understand" was why the other NFL owners were so quick to agree to something without studying it closer. Sorry, Op. I know you want to *****t on RW every chance you get but you're off base here.

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