Comments on: Jeffrey Kessler absent from mediation, too

By: marima07

marima07 — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:55:43 +0000

I sure hope that the draft doesn’t turn into an obnoxious booo fest. Boo the comish once and let it go. Lets let these kids have their day.
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I’d have hope if the Draft audience wasn’t populated with mostly NY Jets fans.

They Boo Roger Goodell every year anyway at this event, so I don’t see any change when there might be an actual reason to voice their displeasure at the league.

By: bunjy96

bunjy96 — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:03:01 +0000

With schmucks #1 and #2 missing, maybe they can get something done.

By: footballfanatic2010

footballfanatic2010 — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:10:23 +0000

Wait, now you’re saying ALL the owners need to be there? When was the last time every owner in a league was present at the bargaining table? Ridiculous.

The players don’t want a deal, they want the judge to rule in their favor. Nothing will happen until the appeals process is over. Don’t forget that the players decertified instead of bargaining…it was the players that chose this path to walk down, I just hope the owners bring this to the regular season and make them beg to come back.

By: thephantomstranger

thephantomstranger — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:14:36 +0000

Do we really need 32 owners in a room with a bunch of players to take the talks seriously? How are they all going to agree? Talks should be between a small group of representatives from each side.

By: micronin127

micronin127 — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:08:48 +0000

The players got a great deal last time around and want the exact same deal. They aren’t negotiating because they got their venue and believe that they will win in court and a judge will give them what they want.

The owners aren’t really negotiating either because they believe that on appeal that the lockout will stand and they’ve got Batterman on their legal team telling them how he squashed the hockey players using a lockout.

It’s a mess and the judge should not drag this out.

The best thing that could happen in my mind is a decision that the lockout can remain in effect. That would wake the players up who are waiting for someone to cater to all their demands without any bargaining.

Couple that with a decision by Judge Doty on significant damages from the lockout insurance case say greater than $100 million be paid to the players and that would get the owners attention that they haven’t exactly been choir boys either in all of this and now their lockout strategy is iffy because the players have a legitimate war chest to drag this out to the point that next season is in jeopardy and the owners get hurt in the process.

As long as both sides think they win in court, they shouldn’t be put in the same room together unless it is a courtroom.

By: jlinatl

jlinatl — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:59:43 +0000

I still advocate the draft day cheer:

Players Suck! Owners Suck! Players Suck! Owners Suck!

… purely to send a message. I really don’t see much value in booing or jeering one side. I especially don’t see any value in doing it to drafted players; they haven’t caused/advocated any of this. Miller is just a pawn

By: whitetail28

whitetail28 — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:54:03 +0000

I sure hope that the draft doesn’t turn into an obnoxious booo fest. Boo the comish once and let it go. Lets let these kids have their day.

By: jw731

jw731 — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:32:15 +0000

It doesn’t matter if Moe Larry and Curly show…..Nothing happens until the players start missing checks……This has been the owners strategy all along..Enough with the draft crap, enough with the fans, enough with the 9 billion dollar pie, when the payers get desperate, and the businessman that are owners know they will, then negotations will start, in the meantime none of this matters….

By: idriveamoped

idriveamoped — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:26:15 +0000

Somehow someway I hope the Judge makes an example out of all of them. They all are clearly showing the lack of care, “Both sides” and it would be great if the Judge figures out a way to give both sides a big F-you

By: chadmurdigan

chadmurdigan — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:22:34 +0000

I guess we could hope that all the lawyers and big wigs would have “family emergencies” or otherwise not show up… and then in their absence perhaps a couple of guys with common sense who don’t bill by the hour and who love the game will be left, and they finalize a deal and put an end to all this greedy B.S.