Look, the NFL may be justified in what they are doing. But make no mistake. The Union didn’t come into this thing looking for anything extra. The NFL is trying to pay the players less money, or make them play more games for the same money. They entered looking to take an extra 1 billion revenue for the owners before divying the remainder. Then they act as if halfway to that would be “a good compromise”.

Corporations always use that tactic in union labor deals. They try to give the workers less than they used to get and they set that value really high. Then they dial the amount back about halfway and go to the public saying “we were willing to compromise”.

They say the reason for giving less money is that the NFL can’t be profitable with the players taking so much of the money. But they refuse to give the data required to prove this.

Simple. NFL owners want more money. Maybe they are justified maybe they aren’t. But this is definately a greed thing. It isn’t the players fault that the owners signed the last CBA in a way they weren’t going to be happy with. They can’t justify paying less without showing any real data on why.

he was proposed the idea “well if the players and owners can’t come to an agreement, why don’t they use the difference to offset ticket costs and costs of concessions at the stadium?” To which he stumbled over his words and got to his thought “well the players stand for a rich tradition and history that we want to fight for that and the fans would want that”

I call B.S. neither the owners nor players care about the fans. They all just want more money and don’t want to give it up. We could say blame lies on one side or the other, but both sides really just don’t care about us, the fans. That’s why a deal didn’t get done.

I know that everyone involved will not read this post, but suffering is something that they will get a little taste of when those who are really suffering from a loss of employment or loss of caring like myself don’t come back… I ask other “fans” to show those who have so much to simply leave the situation and not come back! They don’t deserve your money…! They don’t deserve your attention…! They don’t deserve your caring…! They don’t deserve your love…!

They should all get what they truly deserve… Which will be nothing!

And people whining that “there is no football!”…where you expecting a game tomorrow? Get over yourself. The media is just pumping all this because its a slow time. Pro football will be played in the fall as usual.

You sound real mature coming on here and calling people names. Grow up man.

I love how you “know” anything about me. I care passionately for the NFL, as is obvious from all of my posts. But I for one will not be held hostage by a bunch of overgrown babies. I loved baseball passionately before ’94, and haven’t thought twice about giving up that game.

Get a life, loser.

If a single game is lost next season, they lose me. And if you have nothing better to do than look for my screen name after that, I might suggest you need to get a life
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You’re a liar. You’ll never stop watching NFL football.

It bothers you that I’ve called you out for the fraud you are.

I have a life. I’ve never spent one penny on a ticket or a jersey or whatever it is you fanboys blow your cash on.

Do you seriously expect anyone to believe you will walk away from the NFL when you are posting on a NFL website at 12:30 in the morning.

Grow up.

Who knows if a deal even gets done but not until very late there may not even be any Free Agency this year, the players will have to stick with their current team for a 2011.

You’re all liars, and when you start posting on here about games you allegedly aren’t watching anymore, I will call you out.
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Let me tell you what you can do with your list. I said I would give up being a baseball fan after ’94 and I did. I am sick of the spoiled brats that both operate and play the game.

If a single game is lost next season, they lose me. And if you have nothing better to do than look for my screen name after that, I might suggest you need to get a life.

You’re all liars, and when you start posting on here about games you allegedly aren’t watching anymore, I will call you out.

No football means no football… doesn’t much matter if it’s a strike or a lockout.

I have zero sympathy for either side, as its the fans who get screwed. Just like corporations and government conspire to screw the little guy, not we’ve got coddled athletes and billionaires dickering over who should be getting a bigger piece of the pie; screw ‘em both.

If a single game of the ’11 season is lost, they lose me as a fan, just like baseball lost me after ’94. I have no more tolerance for this crap.

Just think. The future of the NFL is resting on the shoulders of the likes of Jerry Jones and Dan Snyder.