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Vonnie Holliday thinks owners “hoodwinked” players

Vonnie Holliday

Washington Redskins’ Vonnie Holliday cools down in a water bath at the NFL football team’s training camp at Redskins Park, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Vonnie Holliday, the Redskins’ NFLPA* representative, is not happy with the deal the owners approved on Thursday.

Shortly after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the media in Atlanta and said the deal the owners had passed should end the lockout, Holliday took to Twitter and blasted the owners.

“Please don’t get excited about that press conference,” Holliday wrote. “The owners have agreed on a deal we the players have not seen! This is not consistent with where we thought we were yesterday!”

When fans began tweeting to Holliday that the players should accept the owners’ proposal, Holliday said that proposal isn’t a fair deal.

“The truth of the matter is we got tricked, duped, led astray, hoodwinked, bamboozled! & I’m sorry you did too!” Holliday wrote.

The player representatives are expected to vote on the owners’ proposal today. It sure sounds like Holliday’s vote will be no.