Hopefully it will be no more closed shop and the players will have the right to choose if they are part of the union or not.

Are you in Afghanistan?

Or are you just using those brave people as a prop for your stupid argument?

Because that would be shameful.

Christ, I think America’s getting too stupid to live……

Amen!

Sad times brought to you by good people who can’t get out of their own way. Thanks for fracking up the best part of fall.

Christ, I think America’s getting too stupid to live……

Up until this announcement I have been neutral in my opinion of the two sides but hoping for a fair deal to both sides.

Now I am clearly dead against the union and it’s ridiculous demand of 10-years of audited financial statements. No business is going to give up that amount of data that is competition sensitive.

As point out on this site a lesser amount of data would be sufficient. Clearly, the union never wanted anything but decertification. This has not been negotiations, rather an attempt to railroad a one-way solution.

At this point, I hope that the strategy backfires and the union get it handed back to them straight up their as—. I have been a NFL fanatic since the days when there were eight teams in the league, now I could care less – bring on MLB and who know maybe they will regain the title of America’s greatest sport.
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You must understand that asking for 10 years of financial data means that they want to look at the last 5 years. It’s just like when bartering for goods, you start high and end up somewhere in the middle. It’s likely that somewhere in the last 5 years, something changed or happened with league money and the Union will likely suspect tv revenue streams; the NFL’s cash cow. Also, there is no “competition” when it comes to the NFL strategy for market share. The NBA, MLB, and NHL all know what and how the NFL has become so marketable. The problem for those other sports entities is that that cannot even come close to competing with them without having the fans to shell out the dollars.

Also, you forget the league was dead set on a lockout. Up until the most recent verdict of not giving the league the TV revenue insurance, the NFL held ALL of the leverage and they were going to the full court press. In actuality, both sides had a nuclear bomb and both were prepared to use it.

This is a problem where both sides are equally to blame.

Wait! What about Tiki Barber?

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Major props for being the only person to make me laugh in the middle of this insanity!

@mediasloppy …

Amen and aaaa-men!!

Most of these teams probably don’t have reviewed financial statements yet alone audited. There is no reason to have audit financial statements. Most of the owners are able to lend money to their teams from themselves or other businesses, they do not need to spend the money on an audit to get a bank loan.

This makes Smith seem like a hard ass and he’ll keep his job, but the reality is this only helps the stars.

To be honest this decertification is a sham by the NFLPA. When a union decertifies the union is finished but in this case as soon as a new deal is worked out the players will form a union. I am very disappointed in both sides in particular the players. I’m sorry but the players are employed by the NFL/Teams they play for and demanding financial statements from your employer is unrealistic. The only team that had to show their financial statements was the Packers since a portion of the team is owned by the public. A sad day for everyone and let see how this plays out in court. I really don’t think this will play out well for the players.
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I think you’re missing the point of the relationship between the NFL and the players. The league and it’s players entered into what is called a partnership. A partnership seperates itself from the typical employer/employee relationship in several ways. One example is that the employee contributes a percentage or a set dollar amount of his paycheck towards the company he works for. In this case, that money goes to the league as a whole. That money is typically used for staffing or finding ways to grow the business and employ strategies that will maximize both profits for the employer and better working conditions and/or benefits (both directly and indirectly).

In the case with the NFL, the league is wanting more of that partnership money; citing financial shortfalls, expanding player salaries, team’s fiscal instability, etc. However, in a partnership, the employer needs to explain or show REAL numbers supporting the need for more money. Now, things are different in many “real-world” businesses where the employer doesn’t have to explain anything. Typically, the employer just lays off employees to protect his/her profit margin without working with it’s employee workforce to find ways to become more efficient, productive, or out of the box thinking to find new ways to not only remain a stable business, but to actually make the business prosper and grow.

The thing is, the NFL wants a partnership but wants the right to behave like it doesn’t have one. I truly feel that the owners want to return to the days prior to age of free agency. The days where owners told the player to shut up and play and take the money I decide to give you. The age where players gave all they had, but had very little to show for it in the end except bad knees, concussion syndrome, and mental/social disorders.

On the other side of the court, you have the 800-pound gorilla of the insane salaries of the top 20% of the players; mostly consisting of QB’s, WR’s, Cornerbacks, and Defensive Ends.

More than corporations, it’s the public schools that have been shaping the minds of Americans for decades. Public schools controlled by teachers unions.

At lot of people do that every day. And it works.

Because, unlike your sad-sack existence…they have talent.

Way to ruin the game, you greedy jackasses.

Now I am clearly dead against the union and it’s ridiculous demand of 10-years of audited financial statements. No business is going to give up that amount of data that is competition sensitive.

As point out on this site a lesser amount of data would be sufficient. Clearly, the union never wanted anything but decertification. This has not been negotiations, rather an attempt to railroad a one-way solution.

At this point, I hope that the strategy backfires and the union get it handed back to them straight up their as—. I have been a NFL fanatic since the days when there were eight teams in the league, now I could care less – bring on MLB and who know maybe they will regain the title of America’s greatest sport.