Anyway, I am an amateur NFL historian and if anyone pays attention to my archives, Goodell will be lionized as a solid commissioner.

At least he wants to do the right thing so he should be applauded for that.

There were lots of dirty things going on in the Paul Tagliabue era, including that 11th hour CBA which got us into this mess.

Give Goodell a chance, he’s a good man!

“I wrote “*yawn* in the comments field, and it got deleted. Guess that’s not an appropriate post. Fair enough – please allow me add some substance for you. I’m sure your content editors will appreciate it:

*ahem*

“This article is a gigantic tornado of stupid. Filling blog space with arbitrary perspectives about an NFL lawyers assumed feelings regarding participation in a labor arbitration meeting teeters on the edge of short bus retarded,”

Any Moron who still uses the phrase “retarded” in refering to anyone in society should have their account deleted as words such as “retarded”, “kike”, “wop” and the like are signs of ignorance of many things other than just football. Please keep your ignorance and name-calling to yourself. Even though I feel you qualify under a host of stereotypes, I will not resort to name calling other than to educate you of your own ignorance and that using slurs to insult people, simply show your lack of command of the english language.

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The players lash out at him because they are afraid to lash out at their ownership for fear of retribution once this thing gets settled. It’s chickenbleep posturing and nothing more.

The reason this thing is where it is, is because De Smith convinced the players that litigation was the way to go, which it wasn’t. De Smith may be a good lawyer I don’t know, but he’s not a skilled negotiator and that is the biggest problem in this stalemate. You’ve got to have people that want to get a deal done, and when the objective by one side is to force a deal through litigation, it’s counterproductive and leads to where we are now.

The best part of this story is the fact there are fewer lawyers involved. That is the way it should have been from day one. A deal cannot be forced through the court system; it has to be collectively bargained between the two parties. Maybe they are finally wising up to that.

The lawyers are being billed for the time, and while it’s admittedly fun and easy to make fun of the lawyers through all this, everyone involved realizes that real, substantial talks needed to happen between the owners and players. Once they have a solid framework to build around is when the lawyers come in and do their jobs to formalize everything.

Every day these talks continue is good news and the progression we need to see a deal done in time for the start of training camp.

Thanks brother.

These days, I basicly come to this site for the responces, rather than the articles themselves. Your stuff is always gold. Keep it up.

That post was spectacular. It made me very, very, happy.

I actually cut and pasted it into a word doc so I could keep reading it in case it gets yanked.

Nice work.

Pash should not complain.

And Pash has not, to your knowledge complained.

And is unlikely to complain under the circumstances.

Got it.

For the love of God someone please end this lockout!

*ahem*

“This article is a gigantic tornado of stupid. Filling blog space with arbitrary perspectives about an NFL lawyers assumed feelings regarding participation in a labor arbitration meeting teeters on the edge of short bus retarded, then swan dives right off the edge. It’s an asinine and laughable waste of space, propelling your readers into the dark, black abyss of bureaucratic and political dribble. If we wanted that, we would just go back to work. Only a complete toolbox would think that any part of this article was worthy of ‘print’. I challenge the writer to identify any member of the target audience that could conceivably give a crapola. Please stay focused”.

Better?

The only thing that matters right now is how long it takes the 8th circuit to rule. Despite the judge’s “warning” that neither side would like the ruling, these guys have had this plan in place for too long to change course now.

Once they rule, whichever side loses will adjust it’s position and the deal will get done.

Of course, fellas, if you want to go ahead and settle it now to prove me wrong, feel free.