Chester Pitts need some of those.

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If there were any doubt that PFT is either sponsoring paid corporate shills or allowing them to spam this site or both, the above line should disabuse all of that notion. These are the kind of statements that compel players to make ridiculous comparisons to slavery. Saved them from what? It’s more of this “We’re paying ‘them’ for something ‘they’ would be doing anyway.” crap.

I already know this won’t get posted, so I’ll ask again: At what time can real fans begin to post to this site?

College grads…yea ,right? They majored in football.

So basically he’s going nuts because someone used the wrong verbage. Way to be progressive.

“Though Goodell makes very good points…”

Except the main one, which he continues to ignore, no doubt on marching orders from his handlers.

Open the damn books!
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The owners offered redacted copies. DeMoron turned it down.

Time to keep up on what’s going on.

There are a couple problems inherent in having players speak out. One, their nature. They have to be very competitive and aggressive to play their sport. They aren’t “losing” oriented or “compromise” oriented. Two is that I would guess a majority are not or cannot be big picture thinkers about this deal. Partners HAVE to be able to do that…they can’t just be worried about “what will I get in the next couple years??” They have to consider what is best for the SPORT and the future players, just as partners in other businesses have to think about the long term future of their companies not short term gains. The short term thinking is an employee mentality not a partner mentality. Couple the players’ nature with a pugilistic trial lawyer with 0 negotiating genes, just “ATTACK “genes…this is a bad marriage.

What % kickback to you think De Smith is getting or will get on Kessler’s firms fees? Players are being played by their hired leaders. We’re not that stupid!, YES

“I put things in perspective. Japan is trying to keep from literally melting down[...] You’ve got the labor stuff going on in Madison with the budget. By no means am I trying to downplay this. But it will be OK. This needed to happen. Maybe this is necessary for the future of the league. The reason why I am so confident that both sides will get something done is because I know both sides want football.”

Done, over with. Players come off as sane, sympathetic and down to earth. The process goes on as normal behind the scenes as it would no matter what certain players say.

You could knock me over with a feather right now.

They players are going down this path because they want to. They want war. They want to destroy. The feel it’s their social duty to make themselves the new royalty where those who make ther living possible must now work for them, instead of being simply thankful the league exists to make them millionaires before 30. That’s not good enough. Greed does that people.

I think it’s simple, it’s not bad lawyers, it’s the players being total pigs spitting in the face of those who saved them.

You are absolutely right! I don’t understand why the NFLPA is asking for the last 10 years when they really need to go back to the last CBA agreement was made. But then again, many of the things the NFLPA is doing doesn’t demonstrate a strong desire to resolve the issues. They come across as someone who is trying to pound their chests and flex their muscle to the NFL without much common sense behind it.

I’m SURE THEY DID IT FOR THE FANS!!!! And I also love how PFT/National Media only repeat what minority players have to say. Why aren’t they interviewing Peyton and the like so the bigots on here can’t continue to talk about cars and diamond earrings. Last time I checked the NFL was not 100% African American nor 100% non-college graduate.

But I’m sure the corporate buddies are scratching each others back!!

Jones and the like can go through the off season without football because the revenue they receive during the offseason is what they normally receive. The problem comes on day 1 of the football season. For all the arm chair analysts commenting on here, most of the owners can not raise enough capital to keep them from default in the long term. Even the bond market knows this (see their recent report). Do you really think someones floating a low interest loan to the Glazers about know?

The players are playing the only card workers have played for over 150 years fighting robber barons, hit them in the pocket. Without the lockout insurance a lot of these owners are one year from default. They can talk all they want, but in the end the players best chip is to hold out until the owners feel the financial pressure. You know, the same strategy that the owners had if they were to get the lockout money from the networks.

De Smith and others are being paid to negotiate a new deal. They’re shirking their responsibility and overtaxing an already bogged down court system. In the words of Bill Belichick, ” Do your job.” If the players can get a better deal via the courts, why are they paying De Smith and others millions of dollars?

Still waiting to hear from the players what the problem with the 3rd party proposal is.

If i were a player, I would want to get paid this year…what am i really fighting for?

I liken it to the uneducated in this nation that attempt to talk politics, and can only repreat what is force fead to them from the media. We can’t really blame them, but they do themselves more harm than good.