Comments on: An agreement in principle will be the first step toward a new CBA http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Wed, 22 May 2013 00:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: wwwbucstopcom http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1098217 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:46:15 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1098217 I believe both sides always knew that no matter what NO FOOTBALL would be missed this year. That even if they had to go back to last years rules for another year, that would be better than the alternative.

For those who say only the players had something to lose, that is silly. Players do NOT get paid for preseason, yet owners receive money for Tickets, concessions, parking, etc. reports of 1 Billion dollars would be lost if there were no preseason games.

I believe without the lawyers in the way, the two sides got over the major stuff, and now simply need to iron out the small stuff. Once they agree, they can end the lockout while the paperwork gets filled out, just like you drive the car home on Saturday and fill out the paperwork on Monday.

]]> By: bronco1st http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096963 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:05:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096963 Why does it have to go through the courts? Couldn’t a agreement be struck between the two sides with one of the finalizing provisions being that all Player lawsuits pertaining to the CBA must be dropped by such and such date for the deal to become finalized? I mean really, why does the slow as molasses courts have to be involved in the deal timetable? With them involved, the thing could drag on forever.

]]> By: eagiants http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096807 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:51:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096807 It all sounds great…now just go ahead and give us the post we all want.

“NFL & NFLPA* agree in principle to new CBA”

I just got goosebumps writing that. Hope to read that very soon.

]]> By: jttorn http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096795 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:41:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096795 Sounds like a bunch of mumbo-jumbo to me. Not-so-minor little details that have little to do with getting the players back on the field. Just agree on something and it will all come together.

]]> By: hendawg21 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096768 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:18:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096768 Yada, yada, yada and the band played on…this story reminds me of the energizer bunny keeps going and going and going…

Enough of the if’s and’s and but’s, woulda, coulda, shoulda! AGAIN all I want to see and or read is a deal has been reached…

]]> By: grpatriot http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096750 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:59:34 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096750 Bill Burt The Eagle Tribune! Got it right!

]]> By: ampats http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096748 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:54:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096748 ball20hawk says,

I don’t trust Tom Brady. Yeah, I could see your view since he has been a very vocal leader banging the drum against the owners unlike the moron that plays for the city down by the bayou.

]]> By: tumsman2 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096737 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:43:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096737 Tom Brady has girly hair. I don’t trust a man with girly hair. Enough said.

]]> By: paperlions http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096733 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:33:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096733 Lawyers justifying their existence….doesn’t that describe the reason behind the existence of the vast majority of our legal system and why it so poorly resembles a justice system?

]]> By: chedberg http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096730 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:17:26 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096730 Here here on the lawyers not screwing it up.

]]> By: bittersonicsfan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096721 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:59:51 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096721 Do it! If a deal is done soon, then I will forget all about this lockout. All I know is that I want my football Sundays. My optimism grows!

]]> By: hedleykow http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096703 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:20:40 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096703 “An agreement in principle will be the first step toward a new CBA”

Where do I sign?

]]> By: egls7 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096695 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:38:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096695 Oh god wtf that sounds like a month-long process

]]> By: moneymike23 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096693 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:00:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096693 How bout a rookie wage scale?

]]> By: jbpanthers http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096692 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:58:40 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096692 This is bull, can’t believe even if we get a deal done it will still take sometime for a Judge to approve it so more court dates.

]]> By: kcfanatic http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096691 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:49:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096691 Why can’t the NFLPA* vote to be a union after an agreement in principle is reached? Once that happens there is no basis for the anti-trust lawsuit.

]]> By: Deb http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096689 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:34:10 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096689 So at what point in this step-by-step process would the lockout end and free agency start?

]]> By: mick730 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096684 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:56:56 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096684 Forget it. Here’s a much simpler way. The NFL and the union come to an agreement in principle. The player reps meet with their respective teammates. The players vote on whether or not to accept. Assume they accept. They drop the lawsuit and reconstitue the union. Judge Susan Nelson should have nothing to do with this. If the players insist on going your described route, the NFL should not lift the lockout.

]]> By: trbowman http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096681 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:49:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096681 Heard a rumor that a deal could be announced on Friday, depending on the progress made Wednesday.

Here’s hoping Wednesday is a productive day. Let’s go!

]]> By: bradwins http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096680 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:48:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096680 In a general sense I agree that lawyers have complicated the relationship between the league and its players, but as an attorney, Mike, wouldn’t you say we are quickly approaching the time where the attorneys are 100% necessary?

Like them or not, this thing cannot cross the finish line without the assistance of attorneys.

]]> By: texansmike http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096678 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:39:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096678 Great write up Mike. Thanks.

Get some sleep.

]]> By: bearsrulepackdrool http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096677 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:38:10 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096677 This website gives me the serious heartattacks out of any other. I come from a long day of work hoping for some good news on the labor front and what do I see:

“An Agreement in principle” Yes! (scroll down) “will be the first step toward a new CBA” son of a

“Both sides agree that a new labor deal” Sweet! (scroll down) “is possible in the near future”

“A New Deal should be signed” Wait for it….(scroll down) “as soon as possible”

Not to mention the stories with “Report:” or “Sources Say:”

WE NEED FOOTBALL!!!!

]]> By: msclemons67 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096676 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:33:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096676 I wonder at what point in the agreement lifting the lockout would be an option. Hopefully as soon as an agreement in principal is reached. It would be a great show of good faith by the NFL.

I’m not sure what sort of counter-gesture from the NFLPA* would be appropriate.

]]> By: rolandsloan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096675 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:29:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096675 The done deal will be announced July 1st. Just a
feeling….

]]> By: acerockefellar http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096670 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:26:56 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096670 So how long after both sides shake hands and agree does the lockout end? immediately? or do we need to wait for the agreement AND the courts?

]]> By: ball20hawk http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/an-agreement-in-principlewill-be-the-first-step-toward-a-new-cba-in-a-long-p/#comment-1096669 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:26:43 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=135669#comment-1096669 I don’t trust Tom Brady either……

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