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Hey, genius, where is your proof that the NBA ever opened up its books to the players?

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All those that I talked about were “private” company. If you work for a public company then you can get a 10k and see if they’re showing a profit or not and if they say that they aren’t, the investors may want an audit to see how bad it really is and you can use that. If they’re not willing to show you the books and they fire you over it then they’re lying. Let’s not forget that “private” companies don’t have to worry about scaring off investors when they open up their books and if they really need relief, their customers will understand that when they open up the books to show you how badly they need relief,

Wrong. In 2006, the Packers made over 35 million. In 2008, they made 20 million and in 2009, they made 9 million. At the same time, their players costs, with the youngest team in the league for each of those years, increased by an average of 15% per year.

Union morons; see any trend there by any chance? Even if union people were honest enough to admit the truth that there is a problem in the making, they never would; it is much easier for most of these mindless lemmings to simply mouth their class and racial bigotries that are drilled into their little, uneducated minds.

When the NBA and the NHL opened their books, the response was the same. The problem was simply ignored by the union. Show them the books and show them the problem, and their response will simply be, ‘never mind’.

Lastly, look at the union supporting posts on this thread or others. The one clown declares that everybody who isn’t in a union is a scab. Here’s a clue for you nitwit: Texas is a right to work state. Here’s another fact for you: The majority of losers who belong to unions work for one level of government or another. Private sector unionization is now less than 7% of the work force. I suppose all 93% of the non union people in this country are “scabs” in your book?

You are a joke.

First… your stereotyping racism about a successful white guy is absurd. I was not aware of his voter registration or his voting history which is why I asked. You didn’t win a battle there you just had more spare time than I had.

Second, are you trying to imply that every single non-union employee is a “scab”? A scab worker is a replacement for a striking union worker. By saying that all non-union construction workers aren’t capable of performing a job is the most asinine thing I have ever heard.

Keep trying though, you might get me on one point sooner or later.

Congress may or may not try to exert pressure on these negotiations, but pulling the exemption is out of the question. While the NFLPA would love for Congress, the media, the public, and anyone else to lobby on their behalf – you will not hear them call for the exemption to be revoked. If the exemption were to be revoked it would hurt the owners, but it would hurt the players even more as a crippled league would cut player costs exponentially more than they are trying to do now.

yeah they took away our increases for the year, but i have a feeling asking to see the books for a private company would lead to getting fired.

“@ Foozie
The only team that isn’t private is the Packers. Next, please find proof that Jerry Jones is a registered republican first, ”

Are you kidding?
He routinely backs republican candidates with big $$. W is a regular fixture in his box. He’s a southern white oilman… Geez. Do you need a flashlight and a roadmap?

“and second, prove to me that they hired scabs to install the seating.”

Here, I’ll do half the work for you; Seating Solutions, Inc. & Manhattan Construction. Look ‘em up yourself. Both scab. No union affiliations whatsoever.

Is there anything else I can do for you today?

i’m going to ask my boss to see the books too! Maybe

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If your boss wants you to take a cut because he says that he can’t afford it AND he won’t open up the books then he’s LYING. I’ve been at a few companies that were asked to take cuts and all but one DID open up the books and all but that one got concessions from the employees and that one continued to pay himself and upper management big bonuses while he was crying poverty.

“Shocker… a republican hires scab labor to erect temporary seating that he knows might kill people – he doesn’t care and sells more tickets than available seats anyway. Screw the people.”
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The only team that isn’t private is the Packers. Next, please find proof that Jerry Jones is a registered republican first, and second, prove to me that they hired scabs to install the seating. I agree that they botched the seating incident but that was more for greed, not political affiliation. At least my comment was policy accurate, yours was just a random thought.

That’s how I felt until I read @smalltownqb comment.

While I still feel strongly about my position. smalltownqb makes a brilliant point. If the NFL lobbies politicians to get publicly financed stadiums against tax payer wishes. I don’t see why they should be up in arms when government tries to force them to play football.

Smalltownqb, you make it very difficult for anyone to take you seriously, when you cant differentiate “than” vs “then”. It is like saying “looser” when you mean “loser”, or saying “your an idiot” when you mean “youre an idiot”…. just saying

The owners think they have the players in a corner because the players can’t afford to not play, and the owners have guaranteed money coming from the TV contract whether they play or not. So they aren’t trying to be fair, they are trying to win the negotiation.

But if congress threatens to pull their anti-trust exemption, the owners could magically get something done in a hurry.

“Shocker… a democrat wants the government involved in a private business dispute.”

That’s a 9 billion dollar business dispute, that affects the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people – and it’s anything but private.

Shocker… a republican hires scab labor to erect temporary seating that he knows might kill people – he doesn’t care and sells more tickets than available seats anyway. Screw the people.

Sure, that’s “falling revenues” alright, but this does not equate to a LOSS. They just didn’t make as much profit as last year.

Corporations have been doing this for years.
If they “projected” a $500 million profit one year and only made $300 million, they don’t call it a $300 million profit, they instead call it a $200 million loss. That sounds so much more impressive when they go begging for a federal bailout.