Comments on: New rules seminar tentatively slated for Friday

By: andrewfbrowne

andrewfbrowne — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:10:42 +0000

lacharger2112:

I’m no longer just an NFL fan… I’m now a Paralegal, thanks to PFT and this labor situation. I may be a Litigation Lawyer after the NBA and the Dodgers are done!

If you follow the AFC north you may end up a prosecutor as well, or at the very least a defense attorney.

By: lacharger2112

lacharger2112 — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:35:21 +0000

I’m no longer just an NFL fan… I’m now a Paralegal, thanks to PFT and this labor situation. I may be a Litigation Lawyer after the NBA and the Dodgers are done!

By: dewalt2990

dewalt2990 — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:30:44 +0000

Just send Suh and Fairley to the meetings. They’ll sort everyone out.

By: xinellum

xinellum — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:20:40 +0000

Pop the champagne. Goodell and the owners said they will get a deal done in time, and they will get it done in time. They have too much to lose and with the owners getting their favorable money split and the rookie wage scale, they are willing to settle on the rest. That was what they really cared most about anyway. The whole CBA was called off because after Bradford got a guaranteed 50 million after the draft last year, the owners said “no mas” and the wall came tumbling down. Now they have virtually cut those dollars in half, have settled on a greater than 50% split and up to 53.5% split on dollars with the players, and made 4 billion on the ESPN deal and will be able to settle out of that for $325 million which is a deal. No, I can assure you, the owners will have free agency Friday and the league will be full blown come Monday the 25th. Hallellujah (if that is appropriate)

By: capslockkey

capslockkey — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:49:00 +0000

I don’t understand in this day and age that they have to have a formal physical meeting to vote on this. Do they all wear grey wigs at these meetings as well? If a deal is done, why wait until Thursday? Have a prelimanary vote over email, conference call, skype, gotomeeting.com, whatever then discuss it face to face on Thursday if for some reason there aren’t enough votes so you can iron out what needs to change to get it to pass.

By: b7p19

b7p19 — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:46:52 +0000

I have a feeling it’s pretty much “Now or November” time. I know you don’t ever pay attention to the comments, but I would like to know if you’ve heard anything along those lines.

I could see both sides digging back in if something goes wrong this week.

By: JAM

JAM — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:43:54 +0000

Next summer when you are complaining about the slow NFL news as you anxiously anticipate training camp think back to this debacle when we all became ‘legal analysts’’ and armchair ‘mediators’ like a bunch of Nancy Grace fans…. GET THE DEAL DONE and let’s move on.

By: 0mattfrye0

0mattfrye0 — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:39:55 +0000

Move the owners vote to Wednesday… or is too much to ask the owners to speed up and get this over with ?

By: rundmc81

rundmc81 — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:34:56 +0000

An AL DAVIS sighting?!?!? This could get fun!!

By: suckittrebek76

suckittrebek76 — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:30:23 +0000

If they want to start the season on time any timeline will seem a “little aggressive”.