True, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be heard if we scream loudly enough. League officials, sports journalists, the NFLPA, and team execs read this site. Some already understand that a strike can set the league back years. Fans don’t want to hear about the rich battling the filthy rich over a bigger piece of a pie we can no longer afford to buy. The NFL will lose viewers and goodwill if there’s a lockout and it won’t come flooding back overnight.

Goodell’s act is all smoke and mirrors. He makes decisions for their perceived PR value without conducting any research to see if his initiatives can accomplish the desired goals. That kind of sloppy governing will catch up with him eventually if we keep pointing it out.

I hate to say this but when it comes down to the essence of this, the only thing the owners or the NFL care about the fan is separating them from as much as their cash as they can, when they can. They know full well that if the current crowd of sheep don’t want to abide by their demands, they will sweep them clean knowing there is a horde of people behind them waiting to get in.

This is what I hate about Super Bowls. They price everything so only the super rich can go. What about the average fan? The ones who support their teams all during the season, for years and years?

. . . . Oh lord Kumbaya . . . . .

Amen to that!

The World League of American Football failed. So now Goodell wants to expand the National Football League beyond U.S. borders despite the logistical issues and overwhelming protests of fans.

To appease season ticket holders frustrated at having to pay full price for preseason games, the league wants expand to 18 games even if it leads to more injuries, shortened careers, and a strike–despite the overwhelming objections of most fans.

The league deliberately allowed people to take time off work, fly to Dallas, spend money on food and lodging, and show up at the stadium knowing at least a week in advance that they had no seats. No amount of money will reimburse those Packer fans who missed seeing their time win. Any fan who doesn’t understand that doesn’t understand love of the game. Perhaps these lawsuits will draw attention to what a corporate farce the NFL has become under its current leadership.

Yes … I’m sure these elitist boobs would rather everyone focus on anything other than how they’re running the nation’s greatest sports league into the ground.

These fans ate thousands of dollars in costs and deserve a full refund (which most won’t get because of aftermarket ticket prices) plus punitive damages.

If the NFL fights unsuccessfully in court (they’ve already admitted fault) it will pay three-fold in punitive damages, plus it’s own lawyer fees anyway.

This is a small group of people relative to the size of the event. The NFL will settle and move on.

It’s not any more complicated than that. Last time I checked, when YOU violate a contract YOU don’t get to set the damages award to the offended party.

Which would be a great example if it was even remotely accurate to what actually happened. 1) Concerts are usually tours and last months. So people have the option to see them in many different locations at different times. Super Bowl – once a year in one location. Most people HAVE to travel. 2) The Super Bowl wasn’t cancelled. It happened. These people bought and paid for seats they were told were legitimate. The NFL knew PRIOR to the game, the seats were not. That’s fraud – not an “act of God” or an unforeseen illness which why many concerts are cancelled. It’s a pretty safe bet that if a concert promoter was hosting a one night only concert in one specific city and sold tickets to seats that didn’t exist to people who lived out of state, he/she would be sued. Why is this hard for you to follow?

Well, at least you understand why lawyer-ing is not his full-time job anymore. Of course he’s not any better at this one so……

Okay, so maybe their experience wasn’t THAT bad, but give them some money and give them a second chance.

These people have gotten a VERY fair offer from the NFL. By bringing in lawyers, they probably won’t get half that now. Which is probably what they really deserve because they decided to go the litigation route.

Apparently they’re going with the rock solid defense of ‘if you don’t mess up often, then you don’t mess up at all’.

If someone travels across country to go to a concert that is cancelled at the last minute, is the promoter of the concert legally bound to pay for their flight?

For the record, I think the league SHOULD reimburse these people for any and all expenses they can prove. But unless Texas law is different from every state I know of (and I doubt it because Texas is notoriously anti-plaintiff and pro-big business), then they are not legally obligated to do so.

I’ve said it before and I will say it again: I keep finding it harder and harder to believe you were ever a lawyer.

“apparently the view of Texas law”? Last I heard there hadn’t yet been any court date even set and you’ve already decided what the verdict is? Your “news” articles are dancing on the edge of stupidity as it is, no need to fabricate reality from BS in your head to compound it.

There will never be world peace either you Mr. America Contestant.

Also the Janet Jackson thing wasn’t anything like this scenario. There the people got more than they bargained for.

‘why can’t we work on world peace instead of worrying about me sleeping with a 17 year old’?

I think the NFL, too, could use some perspective.

After all, didn’t a bunch of billionaire owners skip out on a meeting today just because they didn’t want to share any of their billions in revenue?

Pot meet kettle.