Comments on: NFLPA* conference call ends with no vote http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: moochzilla http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1138029 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:53:48 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1138029 1)Dissolve the NFL

A new league will form, like the USFL, tomorrow.

2)Form a new league

That now has to negotiate new TV deals with vendors it has hardballed for decades.

3)Get new players

Who will be C-level college players and fringe FA’s, since the new league will be paying higher salaries.

4) Shake Well

As you lose around $7.5 billion in TV money per year.

5) Wait five years

You’ve collectively lost $37.5 billion in TV money alone. Plus the lost gate and merchandising. There are now only big market teams left in the league, as TV money erosion has made it impossible for small market teams to sustain operations (GB, CLE, BAL, and PIT already have left for the alternative league).

6) Completely forget about the current crop of mental midget

Now getting rich in the alternative league, which makes as much money as the NFL you disbanded, and continues to grow as the game becomes global.

YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT BUSINESSMAN!!!!!

]]> By: stairwayto7 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137895 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:58:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137895 Why is everyone shocked at this? If you read any comments I leave in other post in PFT you will see I have ALWAYS AND WILL CONTINUE to say NO DEAL UNTIL SEPT 27! The media always hypes up about a deal being close because football is their LIVEYHOOD! 1st game will be played last week of Oct or 1st week in Nov with a 10 game season!

]]> By: puzzlednewt http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137811 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:22:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137811 There doesn’t need to be a new league. What needs to happen is players come to the realization that there job is play football. Just like all the fans if they don’t perform at that job they don’t get paid. Tho I say for pay skill we take it to all rookies are paid the same. All vets with 1 yr experience paid same. All vets with two years experience paid the same. Then take it to performance based. You only get paid more if you work harder and are a better player. No more wasting 8 million a year on a player who didn’t perform, or who half speeded it. Players also need to realize owners pay for stadium, updates to stadium, practice facilities, workout equipment, and so on and so forth. Why should the owners and league split any income with players? They are just employees. As for retirement it should b so much for each yr played. Just like the fans get so much for each year worked at a company. I hope players reject deal so owners can cancel the season. Who will be hurting more? Not owners. Players will be crying I cant buy this car. I cant afford my house. Then next yr they would be happy to sign an agreement. And if they don’t. Fine lets see how good they really are with their money. People bash owners, but how many owners have you heard being arrested or pulled over for drunk driving since lockout happened? NONE.

]]> By: cjsports http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137775 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:01:56 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137775 Would be great if the owners got their head out their a*ses and stopped showing the players and fans nothing but disrespect.

]]> By: fmwarner http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137730 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:39:34 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137730 b7p19 says: Jul 21, 2011 10:49 PM

Wow, the people that read this site are complete dumba$$e$. Are you people serious? You don’t become uber-rich (owners) without being a ruthless businesman (or the child of one). Most of you seem to be on their leash.
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Enough of that Horatio Alger crap. There’s no particular virtue in a bunch of rich guys having less money than a bunch of wealthy guys.

]]> By: zoogleea http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137686 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:11:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137686 We are going through this for the sake of 2000 people? Give me a break. Scrap the NFL, start a new league (NewFL?) where athletes recognize their options. Let the prima donnas go run track (or whatever else they think they are good at) and see how much money they make. Let’s bring in people who have a passion for the game and have been educated as to character, common sense, etc. Oh yeah, a mandatory command of the English language would be helpful, as well as an IQ above (insert your number here).

I guarantee within a couple of years we would have a more practical and competitive product and the fan base would remain the same or increase. Who knows, maybe us commoners could actually afford to attend a game!

]]> By: belicheckisgod http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137680 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:08:09 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137680 This is INSANE, I hate these people. Never been jerked around some much in my life. Bstards. Must be part of that Mayan 2012 crap.

]]> By: drindt http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137641 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:35:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137641 Where in the hell is Arthur Boylan?

]]> By: pigskin28 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137638 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:34:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137638 Remember when the players told you all they just wanted to the owners to open their books? Yeah…..now what?

]]> By: jefferee101 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137609 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:25:51 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137609 Well, by the end of the day friday is my deadline. I am not going through another week of this $hit. I will focus all my attention on college football, and I will start a college fantasy football team. F#*k you, greedy f#*k stains, saturday is the new sunday.

]]> By: flik44 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137583 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:16:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137583 Players come and go. The logo lasts. Give me some scabs and play ball. Let these bastards rot.

Not having the logistics in place to recertify quickly is inexcusable on the players’ part. Stupid bastards. They knew it was crunch time as well as the owners. There are 32 player reps that can be charged to get signatures of their respective teams and FedEx them wherever they need to go. How does this take weeks?

]]> By: fballguy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137579 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:14:24 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137579 Heard Jake Scott of the Titans on Sirius tonight. He’s one of the 32 player reps and he sounded about as clueless as you’d expect a football player to sound at a legal proceeding. After hearing him stammer nonsensical spoon fed pseudo legalise…laced with “ummms” and “I don’t really knows”….I completely expect these idiot players to drag this out well into the season.

Seriously…hearing this guy try to defend the players position was downright scary. He said the reason the players didn’t vote tonight is because they haven’t received “the document”. Haven’t rec’d “the document”? What the F have your lawyers been working on for the past two weeks? Didn’t D. Smith think it might be a good idea to get you guys a copy of “the document”? It takes 5 seconds to send an email. Does the NFLPA still use the Pony Express? Where was your representation during the writing of “the document”? Were you all home playing Madden?

Bottom line…They sound like dumb guys who are afraid of being taken advantage of by smart guys…while the football fans of America watch.

]]> By: vikesfan4life http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137572 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:12:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137572 Ya know I’ve been patient with this whole lockout thing but now I’m just over it. Seriously… just F the whole G D thing. I love the NFL but tonight really just pi$$ed me off. These arrogant SOB’s… both owners and players… have lied right to our faces. They have ZERO interest in us as the fan. The people that pay for their jerseys, season tickets and other memorabilia. They’ve slapped us all in the face tonight. It’s too bad I’ve already paid for my season tickets or I would seriously consider dropping them. What a F’ing joke!!!

]]> By: lonom http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137571 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:12:32 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137571 The owners lied. Why is everbody mad at the players?

]]> By: philwauke http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137570 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:12:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137570 Time for a class action suit of our own. Season ticket holders shouldn’t be stuck with the watered down version we will get this year.

]]> By: footballhistorian http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137568 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:11:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137568 1)Dissolve the NFL
2)Form a new league
3)Get new players
4) Shake Well
5) Wait five years
6)Completely forget about the current crop of mental midget players and union leaders… “we don’t even know what was in the agreement (that moron players-rep from Buffalo)”

BU!!$H!T. If it would have had a provision for $50,000 a week for the rest of their lazy-a$$ed lives they’d have known…

]]> By: Nikhil Balakumar http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137564 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:08:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137564 they’re all idiots, we should start the NFLFA and sue everyone so we’ll have something to do

]]> By: baddegg http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137563 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:08:15 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137563 F me. You are taking this cold water business a little far this time, don’t you think?

I am ready for Favre/Haynesworth news.

]]> By: tyreeshelmet http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137562 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:08:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137562 This is a Big FU by the players. You locked us out, you opted out of a deal we liked early, you dont want to miss meaningless games, we will now take our time and you will wait for us. Theres no doubt that a plan for the named plaintiffs has always been in place when and if Desmith and the owners came to an agreement, its all posturing now and after what we as fans have been through for 6 months a huge FU to us all. This will get done, but the players are now showing the fans, they are the ones that make this what it is. Thats fine, but enough is enough.

]]> By: 1footballguru http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137559 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:06:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137559 These player reps are driving me crazy…umm, we don’t know what is in the agreement..how is it that the entire world now knows what is in the agreement but the people at the table who neg this deal do not know…total BS. They just want their cake and eat it too, they do not want to re-certify so they can continue the lawsuits..we now know the truth, they want a legal battle…total BS.

]]> By: jokendave http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137556 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:04:30 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137556 Fire them lazy freeloaders with actual football players. There are plenty out there will ing to work for the money!!!!

]]> By: sdchicken http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137555 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:03:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137555 An organized, publicly advertised NFL BOYCOTT by the fans should get a deal agreed to in one day.

]]> By: drgreenstreak http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137553 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:02:48 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137553 no

]]> By: cutthajokes http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137551 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:02:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137551 Relax! Let the players review the deal.

Media at it’s best!

]]> By: pack15forever http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137548 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:59:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137548 They can all go to hell. Greedy, spoiled SOB’s.

]]> By: dirtmcgirt24 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137546 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:58:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137546 Remember when both sides agreed not to talk to the media? Sounds like that was forgotten when the owners held a press conference, and now the entire football world has been thrown into hysteria.

Imagine if there was no press conference?

]]> By: tgrfan42069 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137544 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:53:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137544 awwwww my comment got deleted because i mentioned nbc supporting obama who supports unions hence why this site is pro player.

]]> By: ubummer http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137542 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:51:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137542 You think this is bad. Just wait until the league threatens to outsource all the players jobs to India.

]]> By: chc4 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137540 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:49:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137540 Heath Evans says the owners slipped in a bunch of things last minute that were not negotiated with D Smith. Meanwhile John Kasay says they haven’t received a copy of the CBA the owners approved… which is why the players didn’t hold a vote tonight.

So…… someone is lying.

]]> By: gregwestlake http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/21/nflpa-conference-call-ends-with-no-vote/#comment-1137539 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:49:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=140773#comment-1137539 For some reason, I see that jerk Brees at the bottom of this.

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