Comments on: Owners and players won’t be in Minnesota

By: tmaczoozoo

tmaczoozoo — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:23:53 +0000

My ass is part of the process.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:14:37 +0000

CFL Time!!!

By: sportsdrenched

sportsdrenched — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:24:19 +0000

Damn, I thought they were getting some where. Back to HBT I guess.

By: greghensley

greghensley — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:12:22 +0000

Hopefully, the framework is complete and it is now time for the lawyers to put everything in the contract. No need for owners and players at that point. Just have to vote and sign when paperwork is complete.

By: phinfan

phinfan — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:45:32 +0000

2 sets of lawyers + Goodell + D.Smith = 0 resolve

By: t16rich

t16rich — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:05:25 +0000

arena league blows compared to cfl. in the cfl you get a point for a missing field goal that dosnt get returned out of the endzone. so stupid. but i believe in a deal getting done!!

By: bengalanthony13

bengalanthony13 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:50:03 +0000

Whatever keeps Mike Brown away from these negotiations is fine with me.

By: bradjames33160

bradjames33160 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:23:24 +0000

I will watch the CFL while I wait for the NFL. British Columbia-Montreal June 30 on NFL Network. It is a fun game, and much better than Arena Football. How is it football can be played on a 55-yard field. It’s like when I play on a little patch of lawn with my nieces and nephews in the backyard.

By: lovesportsandsurfing

lovesportsandsurfing — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:04:10 +0000

No owners and players at this meeting would have the same result if they were all there,…nothing…no NFL in 2011,…one of these days you will all realize that,..I did two years ago.

By: ididntsaythat

ididntsaythat — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:55:55 +0000

Guess we aint gonna be watchin the NFL this fall :0(…

By: endzonezombie

endzonezombie — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:40:27 +0000

“I’m not the legal expert around here and can only speculate. ”

Seriously, is there any legal expert ‘there’ who does anything but speculate?

By: narutofan10

narutofan10 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:25:57 +0000

seriously there is a lot of pessimist on this website huh? LOL they are grabbing for straws by saying this is bad when it can only mean good the lawyers had to be there eventually to witness a signing or agreement

By: narutofan10

narutofan10 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:24:19 +0000

i don’t see how this can be bad any which way it seems to me that they pretty much have everything hammered out and they want to end the lawsuit before officially starting the league year if i recall PFT in one of it’s articles said this was a process that occurs towards the end of the negotiation so going by that i feel safe to say that the CBA is pretty much done

By: bolt4life

bolt4life — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:16:41 +0000

I believe this is good news for us. Let’s hope they are finalizing a deal and can announce it so we can all go spend tons of money this weekend on gear!

By: sippindasyzurp

sippindasyzurp — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:00:01 +0000

Now you can watch a real football league in the CFL!! They only need 3 downs…

By: bad2oad

bad2oad — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:54:36 +0000

Looks like I’ll be watching the Rugby World Cup this fall… It’ll probably be more entertaining that whatever the NFL will be doing, even if there is a season. They should look at what happened to baseball because of their strike, look what they lost.. Oh and one more thing, make it so ordinary people can actually afford to go to a game.

By: gregwestlake

gregwestlake — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:54:05 +0000

This lockout has actually made me become more fascinated with my own life, rather than millionaires and billionaires who don’t even know Im alive.

By: buckmelanoma

buckmelanoma — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:45:29 +0000

Lawyers in the mix again?

Well now we’re effed.

By: jerm867

jerm867 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:37:47 +0000

I was all excited that they were doing talks for four straight days then I read this.

I feel like a kid who knocked over all the bottles at the amusement park game…started celebrating and then was told “um..you have to knock them OFF the platform”

I’m going to go cry in a corner now…

By: dccowboy

dccowboy — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:32:28 +0000

Sounds to me like they have settled on the broad parameters of a deal and the minions are working out the exact language of the CBA. At least that’s what I hope they are doing

By: clblay78

clblay78 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:32:04 +0000

Hmmm….I guess that June 30th prediction for an agreement in principle for a new CBA isn’t going to happen. I like the optimistic outlook. More likely, this thing is going to get done mid-July.

By: bowsi

bowsi — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:20:18 +0000

Say the parties get an agreement in principle which then requires the Minneapolis court to ask all concerned parties to express any issues they may have with this new agreement to come forward. And for augments’ sake let’s say Chris Johnson with the Titans whose grossly underpaid goes before the judge and says it stinks, can’t say as I would blame him. Maybe he should have his agent call the team, on the sly of course.

By: prior0knowledge

prior0knowledge — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:14:44 +0000

It means one of two completely opposite things:

1) They are very close to a deal (maybe even already agreed in principle) and it is time to get the lawyers involved to dot the i’s and cross the t’s and dispose of the anti-trust case.

or 2) They are deadlocked and need a break. While on break, they are sending the lawyers back in to fight over the anti-trust case.

By: twitter:Chapman_Jamie

twitter:Chapman_Jamie — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:06:30 +0000

“I’m not the legal expert around here and can only speculate.”

The “legal expert” speculates too so you should be OK here.

By: thephantomstranger

thephantomstranger — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:04:15 +0000

This is nothing but bad news. Doesn’t sound like this will end anytime soon.

By: kc4life7

kc4life7 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:04:09 +0000

Maybe everyone has already voted on a deal and agreed to terms, now they are just hammering it out on paper?

I’m a glass half full guy though….

By: mushin9

mushin9 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:03:43 +0000

Maybe they’re just finalizing the paperwork?!?!?

Should I pass this funny looking pipe to you now that I’m done with it?

By: halestorm74

halestorm74 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:03:02 +0000

WHAT A JOKE…… Please don’t make me watch the CFL