Comments on: Goodell will do “whatever is necessary” to get a deal done http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Fri, 24 May 2013 19:21:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: deathmonkey41 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130831 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:15:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130831 When Robert Kraft heard this, he told Goodall to go mow his lawn…if there were no more tapes of his team cheating to destroy, that is.

]]> By: raidermick http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130495 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:17:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130495 Goodells freakin desperate…Not a good sign, he’s about to pee all over the Owners…

Late…

]]> By: tommyf15 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130199 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:44:12 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130199 thefiesty1 says:
The union doesn’t exist anymore. DeMo saw to that.

Incorrect.

At the request of the Owner’s Union, the Eighth Circuit Court rejected the decertification of the NFLPA.

]]> By: thefiesty1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130154 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:19:07 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130154 The union doesn’t exist anymore. DeMo saw to that. The individual players need to vote and kick DeMo out. Goodell has done a pretty good job dealing with these a-holes.

]]> By: dickroy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130068 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:36:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130068 @twitter ChapmanJamie

Are you from Ohio?

]]> By: biggerballz http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130063 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:34:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130063 why does it seem like the owners are bending over backwards to get a deal done while the players fight over every little item? Also love how this site is so pro player even when everyone can see the players are dragging this now.

]]> By: tommyf15 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130060 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:32:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130060 Biff Hammer says:
Jul 18, 2011 11:50 AM
3octaveFart says:
Jul 18, 2011 10:32 AM
Reporter: Have the owners opened their books yet?
Goodell: OK, anything BUT that…

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In what other business could employees demand that? “I want $6 of every $10 that comes through the door….oh, AND I want to see your books!”

Bring back the scabs!

THANK YOU for taking the two worst pro-Owner’s Union arguments out there and wrapping them up in a nice little package.

1. The owners are demanding and fighting for a system where a percentage of revenues are shared with the players. , ie the oh-so-popular salary cap. Therefore it’s prudent for the players to know how much revenue is coming in.

2. It’s illegal to bring in scabs during a lockout.

]]> By: jdog21b http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130057 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:31:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130057 @olcap
@3octaveFart

What does posting history have to do with knowledge of the situation? If you have posted irrelevant material on the site for over a year and a new poster posts something more meaningful (which is what happened here), you believe the former is a more qualified speaker because they have been around longer?

Way to rationalize.

]]> By: birdcrazy911 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130056 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:30:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130056 Every day this goes on is another day there could be some sort of hiccup. Tell Brady to put his skirt back on and lets play some football.

]]> By: memphisyinzer http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130049 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:23:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130049 Roger Goodell is willing to do “whatever is necessary” to put this all to bed, once and for all.

How about letting James Harrison use him as a tackling dummy for the first week of camp?

]]> By: clintonrb http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130047 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:21:58 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130047 whats the deal with all this anti union talk?
without unions we as the working class would have hours,wages, etc equivalent to that of a second world country

]]> By: jimr10 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130027 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:10:27 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130027 Nowhere does it say that the union is willing to do anything to get a deal done.

]]> By: CKL http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130023 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:08:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130023 olcap says:
Jul 18, 2011 11:25 AM
@twitter:Chapman_Jamie

Oh, really? And you have been commenting here how long? Freaking owner shill.

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I’m reeeaaaalllllyy gonna miss this pathetic strawman “owner/player” shill namecalling stuff when this is all over…NOT.

]]> By: siggy00 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130018 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:05:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130018 He’s been sucking off Brady, Manning, and Brees for years and couldn’t get a deal done for 2 years.

So what’s changed?

]]> By: Nevis http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130017 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:04:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130017 He will do “whatever is necessary”, unless it means getting it done when it should have been, months ago.

Goodell is just trying to save face at this point and poising himself to look like some scale-tipper when in fact, he’s been as much of the problem as the owners and players.

]]> By: glac1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130016 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:04:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130016 The “Union” will see to it that a deal is delayed. The leadership could care less about it’s membership or the industry that feeds them.

]]> By: Deb http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130002 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:54:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130002 At this point, it feels like we’re playing an endless game of “made you look.” I don’t want to hear anything else from any of these people until the deal is done and free agency opens.

]]> By: robf2010 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1130000 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:52:32 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1130000 “What if James Harrison were on fire and Goodell had to piss on him to put out the fire?”

If he had any piss in him, there would be a signed deal.

]]> By: Biff Hammer http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1129997 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:50:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1129997 3octaveFart says:
Jul 18, 2011 10:32 AM
Reporter: Have the owners opened their books yet?
Goodell: OK, anything BUT that…

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In what other business could employees demand that? “I want $6 of every $10 that comes through the door….oh, AND I want to see your books!”

Bring back the scabs!

]]> By: tommyf15 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1129994 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:48:05 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1129994 Poor choice of words, Rog.

realitypolice says:
Contrast that to the NBA lockout, where they surely miss games, perhaps even an entire season. The finances in that league are such a mess that there are teams that would actually lose LESS money if the season is cancelled than they would if it was played

The NBA owners claim that, but I have a tough time buying it. It’s more along the lines that the owners are after a CBA so lucrative not only in terms of annual profit but franchise values that they’re willing to give up an entire season to get it.

]]> By: thephantomstranger http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1129983 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:43:06 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1129983 Am I the only one who didn’t get this? Do people really hang chocolate on their Christmas trees? Is that a West Virginia thing?

]]> By: dickroy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1129980 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:40:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1129980 Must be getting close. Goodell is coming out now. Wants to take credit for getting it done in time for a full season. How the heck did this GiBo get to be comish of the NFL?

]]> By: jdfrox http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1129978 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:36:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1129978 What if James Harrison were on fire and Goodell had to piss on him to put out the fire? Would he even do that?

]]> By: tomwill21 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1129973 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:33:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1129973 If only he had done this back in April, we could have bypassed all the where will Nnamdi sign and conflicting labor reports and all that other filler that was given throughout the lockout…

]]> By: olcap http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1129961 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:25:57 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1129961 @twitter:Chapman_Jamie

Oh, really? And you have been commenting here how long? Freaking owner shill.

]]> By: xinellum http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1129958 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:24:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1129958 The owners have their schedule for activities and nothing is going to stand in the way, including dotting i’s and crossing t’s. Free Agency is starting Friday come hell or high water. The union only needs to reconstitute to get approvals on retirement and drug testing, but can get a waiver until it can be completed, that can be gotten Wednesday when the players meet to have the contract explained to them. Quite frankly if Mankins and Jackson want to be free agents, then the owners will let them be free agents, only two owners would vote against it, the Patriots and Chargers, and that certainly doesn’t constitute an issue with the vote passing. I don’t see anything that is being written as being a show stopper as far as getting owners to vote on Thursday and starting free agency on Friday. Quite frankly, the owners got what they wanted with a rookie wage scale and will hold out till late Wednesday to see what they can get the players to cave on and everything else they will relent on and the deal will be done.

]]> By: edjy71 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1129947 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:17:07 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1129947 It just seems like there are still way too many hrudles to get everything done in time, it’s going to be a crazy week.

]]> By: realitypolice http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1129943 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:13:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1129943 Roger Goodell is the puppet, not the puppeteer.

He has done exactly as he was told to by his bosses. He pushed this as long and hard as he could up to the point where revenue streams (games) were threatened.

To all the people who say this could have been done months ago if the two sides had met more- you just don’t understand business. That was never going to happen. Contentious negotiations are always dragged out as long the two sides can afford to drag them out.

Neither side was willing to move in March/April/May because nothing was at stake. And don’t tell me about the quality of football suffering this season- as long as you are watching (and paying), and you will, it doesn’t make a bit of difference to them.

That’s why I always believed no games would be missed (and they won’t). The owner’s couldn’t afford to miss games (or weren’t willing to take the financial hit) and players had nowhere else to go to make money.

Contrast that to the NBA lockout, where they surely miss games, perhaps even an entire season. The finances in that league are such a mess that there are teams that would actually lose LESS money if the season is cancelled than they would if it was played, and many players have the opportunity to make money overseas.

Looking forward to an insane free agency period starting sometime next week.

]]> By: 3octaveFart http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1129941 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:11:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1129941 twitter:Chapman_Jamie says:
Jul 18, 2011 10:37 AM

“I don’t recall the last time anyone mentioned the books being an issue. ”

You must be new here.

]]> By: gregjennings85 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/18/goodell-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-get-a-deal-done/#comment-1129937 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:06:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=139915#comment-1129937 “more hollow than a chocolate Christmas tree ornament”

Nice.

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