Geo – Because the owners are NOT giving the independent 3rd party the full books. In essence, they are still making this independent party guess what is behind Door No. 3.

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I hope you don’t really believe what you are posting.

“We did offer to release five years of individual club-by-club financial documents to a mutually acceptable third party to review, analyze and report on those documents,” Pash said. “We also offered to give the union aggregate profit data for the 32 clubs as a whole so they could see how the profitability has changed over the years. We offered substantial financial disclosures and the union chose not to take it.”

Five year of auditted individual club-by-club financial documents. That’s a long way from 2 numbers written on a napkin that a number of player supporters keep touting. The real reason, which everyone knows yet the player supporters keep glossing over is that the union wants to use the numbers, whatever they may be, as a weapon the same as the NBA players.

Let’s see how opening the books has worked for the NBA (from an article in the LATimes)

Stern insists the glow hides a broken economic model, projecting a $370-million loss — this season — and offering owners’ tax returns to prove it, quipping in one of his asides on a conference call:

“I wouldn’t use the word again, but the things they’re asking for are nonstarters,” Hunter said.

The owners were offering tax returns but the players don’t want things like depreciation and interest to count as expenses. Why would anyone expect the NFLPA to be more reasonable when it comes to understanding and using common accounting principles?

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I doubt she is mad at the league for appealing her decision since she knew well in advance that no matter what she had ruled there was going to be an appeal by whoever she ruled against. If anything she might be mad at the 2 senior judges for hinting that Boies might be right when he claimed she didm’t have jurisdiction to ending the lockout.

I am still waiting to hear one of you players’ “dopes” say why it is unacceptable to have an independent 3rd party verify the claim.

And we can all thank the NFL for proving it.

I wonder how many players who read this site, really understood what De Mo was getting them into ? This litigation stratedgy means YEARS of litigation ! Nobody….including owners,players and fans have…. Years to wait before this whole thing implodes in everybodies face !! GREED rears its ugly head and cries for desruction !

One wonders if this thread is written for the benefit of football fans or to impress the league office with legal opinions.
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It was written to impress D. Smith and give him assistance because PFT secretly wants to be part of the players’ legal team.

If the post was trying to be neutral, then it would point out the truth that an extension would not hurt the players at all. Also, as the post recognized, but dismissed, it is true that the NFL’s strategy could well be influenced by the 8th circuit order.

PFT doesn’t need to worry, Judge Nelson will deny any request for an extension. She is the players’ “ace in the hole”.

FACT: D. Smith walked out of CBA negotiations, decertified the union, had certain players file suit, and then did not attend at least one court ordered mediation session.

If fans, players, and PFT employees really want football, then tell D. Smith to get his butt into negotiations.

How many of you pro-owner dopes would negotiate for what I have behind Door No. 3? Of course you wouldn’t so why begrudge the players?

SaveNextSeason.com

The one thing that’s realized in all of this lockout squabble is that, yes, people can go on with their lives absent pro football.

And we can all thank the NFL for proving it.

I guess this site needed more backup for their obvious pro player bias

Bleed Green Nation (a small eagle site) hates that we are pro owner. the differnce between PFT and that site is that site is mainly kids on it so they are obvioulsy gonna be pro player. not sure why they label PFT writers pro owner just cuz we comment stuff that is pro owner.

i treid to post the link but they keep deleting my post when i do

DeMolition Smith nice job with the courtroom tactics…looky like the league can play this game too.

What’s the over/under on the number of games missed? I think it obvious the league thinks it is 3.

I will give the players more credit and say 5. If the Vegas sports books don’t have this bet yet they should…

Commissioner: “Yeah. What they said; plus this is for the greater good of the game.”

Player reps: “Blah, blah, blah. Spew rhetoric. We Love money. We’re terrible negotiators. Blah, blah, blah. Let’s waste money. Who cares about the fans? Blah, blah, blah. Cue rhetoric.”

Players: “Uh…. this doesn’t seem to be getting any better? And we seem to be loosing leverage? Why aren’t we negotiating? I need money.”

Lawyers: Silent Smiles

Fans: “This better not mess up my fantasy draft. I am really getting tired of this circus. My team needs to practice … new Defense to implement! if my team does bad becasue of this mess …”

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The owners and the league don’t give a damn what Susan Nelson has to say. They already know that she sides with the players and doesn’t know squat about the law(as the 8th circuit judges called her out on).
The league is perfectly content on the bored lil housewife playing law to issue her ruling so they can appeal the issue to the 8th circuit, where REAL judges sit on the bench.