Not true. In fact i think the last cba limited a lot of those and set limits on how much teams could practice.

Players may do more stuff in the offseason, but its not all practices and workouts liek you make it out to be. And of course players do more now a days to prepare then in the past. They also get paid millions of dollars as motivation. Whats your point? Id work harder to if i got paid more

Though we all hated it, it helped in the end.

My god, that’s like saying the only way to communicate is picking up a rotary phone or writing a letter with a stamp on it.”

Horrible and bad analogy. vAnd its obvious you ARE NOT an old skool football person.

Do you really beilive letting the players decide when and how hard to practice is good for sports?If that was the case many wouldnt have made it to te nfl with that logic in high school and college. I guarentee it.

You are crazy if you think players will be healthier and in better shape with less practices. Its obvious after last year more and more pro players cant/wont tackle correctly.

What good does only one pads practice a week do? Who does that help? All these rules only support the starting veterans who are trying to leglislate their job security in writing. Those vets always say the average carrer of a player is less then 3 years. Sure, for maybe the people who gfet cut and never start. Most of those veterans play double if not triple that in years. Even star RB’s last 5 years, the most physically demanding postion.

Can you imagine walking into work and demanding when and where you do job training?

Only more injuries will come from less practice. I cant beilive the players even asked for it.

Since when do players of any sport dictate when and for how long they practice for?

The passion is gone. Look at the NBA, many stopped watching that, it will happen to the NFL now. I have switched to College football now, they actually like to play the game!

The FACT (and it’s amazing how many don’t even know this stuff) is that professional football players have NEVER been as busy during the off-seasons as they are now.

In the so-called “good ole’ days” of the 1960′s players didn’t do crap from February until late July. Half of them smoked for pete’s sake. The idea of “working out” 12 months a year was laughable.

Do fans and this old school “football person” really still buy into the only way to prepare a team is two-a-days in August heat like Bear Bryant did? Really?

My god, that’s like saying the only way to communicate is picking up a rotary phone or writing a letter with a stamp on it.

The NFL has been increasing OTA’s, off-season workouts, training camp time for YEARS. To have a modest adjustment to give these players a break is not going to ruin the game or increase injuries. Far from it.

In fact, an MIT study said 71% of brain injuries in football happen in PRACTICE! There should be less physical practice, not more.

Wake up people and do a little research before opening typing. My gosh.

Kind of like Starbucks deciding to stop charging 8 bucks for a cup of coffee.

All the commish, owners, players, and union had to do was get out of the way. Unfortunately for all of us they couldn’t do that.

In a couple of years with all these new rules they’ll be touting how much safer the game is with less practices and safer rules in game as a justification of having a longer schedule.

As far as less practices are concerned I’ll wait and see how the quality of play on Sundays is effected before I say this is good or bad. All the teams are under the same restrictions and it just forces players to be more diligent themselves in keeping in shape rather than depend on the team to babysit their conditioning.

With that said I think you’ll see a slight shift in draft philosophies with teams maybe now leaning more than ever on the blue collar hard working type of player rather than the riskier talented but needs babysitting kind.

You are a genius, Private Gump.

Ben is wearing a skirt over his uniform.

This is not knocking Ben. This is just suggesting an absolute drop dead FUNNY scene…with the distinct possibility that Ray Lewis might lose it and try to cream Ben, during the coin toss.

This would also work between the Pats and Jets, with Brady in the skirt (think of the selection he’d have, given Gisele’s wardrobe) …except Hoodie would never allow such a thing.

Lets get the fun back in football.

What football people? – that means more than one.

^^ Won’t miss these kinds of posts at all.

I think some (if not a lot) of this player hate of the Commish comes from the long overdue personal conduct policy. Just behave, no worries.

I used to like to watch the NBA, not anymore! Will the NFL follow?

I’m not saying either side is without guilt in this whole ordeal…BUT I think the PR machine for the owners is probably taking time off right now.

The players are doing a pretty good job on their own of making themselves look bad.

I don’t blame them – it’s over 100degrees today and tomorrow in Philly.

As a former small college football player, I can’t believe how wussified they want the league to become.

We had 3 a Day practices in the SoCal smog and desert and had OTA’s of our own that came in the form of a “mandatory” conditioning class. Oh, and we took out loans to pay for the $30,000 tuition.

“They ratified a proposal that we haven’t even seen!” Where have you idiots been for the last five months? Quit playing dumb, quit crying and sign the damn deal.

If the NFL wasn’t like crack to me, I’d drop the season tickets that have been in the family for 35 years.