Comments on: Kevin Mawae: Players know the issues, except “guys like Cromartie”

By: backindasaddle

backindasaddle — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:35:44 +0000

Cromartie could read the contract 20 times and have a private tudor teach it to him and he still wouldn’t have clue what it meant.

By: goombar2

goombar2 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:36:50 +0000

Mawae is an idiot. Not everyone in any union is going to think the same thing on every issue. Mawae is a representative of all the players, but not the monopoly of all thought and opinions.

I can see where Cromartie has a point. Both sides are being a-holes and he didn’t just say it was the union. Neither will listen to one another and both are quick to fly off the handle, no surprise Mawae was opening his mouth.

Just because Cro has a different opinion doesn’t mean he doesn’t understand the majority of issues. Maybe he just thinks the way both sides have handled themselves has warranted his a-hole comment. I’m inclined to agree with Cro.

By: thehighhat

thehighhat — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:08:55 +0000

Wow. Mawae using the old “if you don’t agree with us you are stupid” comment. Sound familiar? Take a look in the mirror Kev.

By: thetooloftools

thetooloftools — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:08:24 +0000

Hasn’t Cromartie fathered a small country?
He’s be needin to feed his chillin’

By: billsfan1

billsfan1 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:50:39 +0000

Reality check..teams are a business….run by the owners…..they already pay handsomely and earn the right to pocket as muxh money as possible……something I’m more interested in is what they do for players when they retire and give these guys basic financing course…being a bills fan, there was a.recent story of Arthur moats spending this off-season working on his last semester of college.credit and he wants to get into politics
After football…if onky they all had a plan we wouldn’t be in this situation

By: cappa662

cappa662 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:31:57 +0000

There aren’t many guys like cromartie in the union, not disgrunted guys… just not many guys who have 7 kids with 7 different baby mamas. Lol

By: pftequalsgreatjournalism

pftequalsgreatjournalism — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:23:53 +0000

mick730 says: Feb 13, 2011 11:40 AM

” he was voted in as president by his peers!!”

Really? His peers? So I take it Mawae was voted President of the union by other former players? Who exactly are Mawae’s “peers”? Or maybe the position of president of the NFLPA is a life time gig?

Common sense would seem to dictate that the President of a union should be a current member of the union and the membership should be current players.

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SPORTS BRIEFING | PRO FOOTBALL; Titan To Represent Players
By BLOOMBERG NEWS
Published: March 20, 2008

Tennessee Titans center Kevin Mawae was elected president of the N.F.L. Players Association as the union braces for a potential labor fight. Mawae, 37, replaces Troy Vincent, the union’s president since 2004.

A former All-Pro center who retired in 2010, Kevin Mawae played in the NFL for 16 years. He is currently serving his second two-year term as NFLPA President. Mawae has served on the NFLPA’s Executive Committee since 2002 and was a Player Representative for five seasons.

Actually, common sense would say that you should know the facts before you speak…

I agree though that his comment was ill-advised since it reflects divisiveness.

That said, my opinion is that it really doesn’t matter because the players will cave because they simply don’t have the money to maintain their lifestyles without regular checks.

By: johnny1979

johnny1979 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:05:05 +0000

Mawae can go f-himself. He should take the time to meet with Cro and get him up to speed. Mawae was an a** when he played and he still is to this day. He always thought the world owed him something. The guy made millions of dollars and all he does is whine like a bit**. I don’t mind Goodell, but Smith and Mawae are useless.

By: bluefan204

bluefan204 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:04:02 +0000

He’s a Jet. Those guys are trained to run their big mouths with nothing to back it up. No one should be surprised.

By: indyeagle

indyeagle — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:59:47 +0000

Both sides are at fault if a lockout happens. Owners need to give up on the 18 game season and open their books. The players need to bend on the rookie wage scale and take a lower percent of the revenue.

With all that being said, I couldn’t agree more with Cromartie on the fact that the leadership for the players association is a bunch of A-holes. They have been saying from the beginning that a lockout is inevitable. This shows how closed minded and steadfast they were from the beginning. The owners bent last time, they aren’t going to give too much this time.

By: alanschech

alanschech — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:44:07 +0000

Off the high horse Kevin. If you feel he doesn’t understand, speak with him. “guys like Cromartie” means there are others. You want unity, don’t rip your members publicly. Makes you no better than the rank and file you have an issue with.

Then again, you are all being led by an idiot named De Smith, so none of this should be a surprise. Rozelle and Upshaw are turning over right now.

Cromartie had one part right, they are all idiots. Billionaires fighting over a 9 billion dollar pie. I hear violins.

By: mick730

mick730 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:40:54 +0000

” he was voted in as president by his peers!!”

Common sense would seem to dictate that the President of a union should be a current member of the union and the membership should be current players.

By: getweird4u

getweird4u — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:38:14 +0000

@ny82jy says———————————–
The players will get screwed
What are you talking about Cromartie would be in prison if he didnt play in the nfl hard to support 10 kids when you work at mcdonalds,nobody feels sorry for either side here,the players make PLENTY of money and the greedy owners wont open the books up to let the union see the numbers.Cant speak for other teams but the bungles made a deal with the county to pick up the tab on the stadium.As a taxpayer and season ticket holder(should say former season ticket holder as this mess has made it easy to make my mind up not to give that cheap idiot mike brown ANY more money)it is greed run rampent they are victims of their own success.I think mark cuban and 31 other billionares should get together and blow this league up by starting a new league with nfl players would like to see how fast the owners would reconsider their stance on the revenue split then.

By: nxsteven

nxsteven — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:36:28 +0000

Pretty ridiculous for the NFL Players’ Association President to rip his own members. He should be speaking to him privately and explaining the issues. If Mawae had to speak to 90% of players individually then that’s exactly what he should be doing.

Instead, Mawae took it personal and is continuing to take shots at Cromartie. Lets see how big and bad Mawae is when 75% of the league can’t pay their bills and are ready to cross the line by the end of April.

Time to stop bashing your own players and show them what you’re fighting for, idiot.

By: thevikes85

thevikes85 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:32:09 +0000

In the immortal words of Michael Kelso:BURN!!!!!!!!.I do love a good burn.

By: j0esixpack

j0esixpack — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:12:11 +0000

Cromartie’s view is that the Union motto should be “Every Man for Himself”

By: mikebrownmakesmefrown

mikebrownmakesmefrown — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:32:50 +0000

This whole issues is ridiculous. Both “Raw Dawg” Cromartie and Mawae know nothing about real life, so they need to shut up. They are essentially living in a fantasy world, and she be happy that they get paid to play a GAME. The NFL is going to lose a lot of fans after this, so the glory days of NFL are over. Those bloated contracts are going to be a thing of the past.

By: leftysmoke

leftysmoke — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:13:08 +0000

Mawae is an idiot. Like Jason Taylor said on the final episode of Inside the NFL, this is a battle between millionaires and billionaires. No hard working American wants to hear cries about who makes more money when they’re paying for overpriced gas and overpriced groceries.

Get a damn deal done and quit going public with absolutely everything. This is starting to look like a couple teenage girls who are feuding.

By: jc1958cool

jc1958cool — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:13:06 +0000

mick730: he was voted in as president by his peers!!

By: palinforpresidentofnorthkorea

palinforpresidentofnorthkorea — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:11:58 +0000

Union has already lost but Duh Smith wants to fight on while he is paid and the players are not. One season lost? Two seasons lost?

What are these genius players going to do to earn similar $ outside of football while the labor deal isn’t settled?

That, Duh Smith, is your client’s most pressing issue.

Time is not your friend, Duh!

By: Canyonero

Canyonero — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:11:58 +0000

I’m sure most players roll their eyes at Cromartie, and know he’ll be broke 5 years after he’s done playing. There’s no way he’s going to be “Dad” to all dozen kids, or whatever he’s up to by now.

All he’s saying is he wants extra games because he wants more money. Yay, that’s a player to root for..

It was good Mawae called him out.

By: tdurk34

tdurk34 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:11:11 +0000

Let the divide begin…….

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:01:41 +0000

More bullying tactics by unions- suprise, suprise. To say the owners and players are idiots by even considering moving towards a lockout and ruining this sport, is one of the smartest things said yet.

By: commandercornpone

commandercornpone — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:51:14 +0000

here’s an issue non-player mawae wouldnt want to hear about: why is agent tom condon still on the retirees compensation board?

By: sbs0311

sbs0311 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:42:07 +0000

Mawae’s really brilliant. Cromartie actually understands the issue better than his supposed leader. The crux of this issue is that Cromartie is part of a large group that stops getting checks in less than a month!

It’s easy for players with contracts who are due checks offseason checks to fall in line. They have months before their status quo changes.

Cromartie and other FAs are affected right now.

Someone should sit down with Mawae so HE can understand the issues.

By: pattunya

pattunya — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:36:24 +0000

Cheers to Mawae! About time someone with some nads’ spoke up about this baby-maker. Cro’ needs to put some tape on both holes and just play football!

By: liquidalfa

liquidalfa — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:36:12 +0000

What would you expect. He has problems remembering the names of all his children.

By: contract

contract — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:35:03 +0000

Everyone needs to get off Cromartie’s jock. The man has families to support.

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:32:20 +0000

That’s some “union” you have there, Mawae.

By: gogronk

gogronk — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:25:25 +0000

This is why ownership will ultimately get what they want. At the end of the day the players care more about their own situation other than looking at the big picture. Cro needs that money more than others to pay all that darn child support.