Why can’t the fans sue the NFL. Skins and Girls fans provided over $80M to the teams and NFL with the expressed intent that they field the best possible product.

The NFL gave 28 other teams $46M of OUR money. I have given the Skins plenty of my money over the years and expected them to always try (unsuccessfully for the past 20 years) to field a competative team. This was my intent. The NFL unjustly STOLE MY MONEY! I want my money back!!!

The Panthers paid $32 Million to Charles Johnson in 2011, the highest NFL salary for that year.

-But the Cowboys are penalized for front loading Miles Austin’s contract, that I believe gave him $17 Million?

I’m no Einstein, but why weren’t the Panthers penalized for treating the uncapped year like an uncapped year, front loading his contact with nearly 50% of the 7-year deal in 2011?

Lawyer question – would a Cowboys or Redskins fan be able to get any traction if they sued the league for collusion?
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Not a lawyer, but the answer is clearly no. Fans have no standing to file such a suit in this case. We are simply customers here. Labor (the players) can file anti-trust lawsuits claiming collusion because it severely affects their ability to earn a living in an industry absolutely dominated by a very small group of individuals. Even they can’t file such a suit as long as there is an active CBA, however, since the league has an anti-trust exemption as long as there is a negotiated agreement with an active players’ union. Either way, fans have no such standing to sue. Even if, as someone earlier claimed, it affected the competitive balance of the league, it still wouldn’t matter since neither the league nor individual teams ever make legally binding guarantees about performance levels. Sure, they put a lot of work into selling hope to all the fans, but they never promise.

The teams were able to do whatever they wanted during the uncapped year. The league didn’t stop a single thing….as you are all apt to point out they okay’d all the contracts. There was no collusion. NOW that there is a CBA, there need to be some adjustments made to restore competitive balance in light of those moves.

Well, you aren’t. And the actual Cowboys and Redskins disagree with you. And when you come right down to it, it doesn’t make sense for them to pursue. The Redskins need a couple years to get their ship straightened out. Come 2014, they will be in a good spot to sign free agents. The Cowboys are docked $5 mill a year. That’s not a huge hit. And they were still able to upgrade their defense.

It’s indicative of a man and a group of owners that want to engage in collusion, make up rules as they go along, and ignore the rules when they get butthurt because someone else did something smart and they didn’t think of it first.

We’re only taking 2/32 of the hit if we all lose, but at least everyone in the league loses together. Right now, 30 (28 sort of) teams are benefiting at our loss.

I would threaten over and over until the NFL finally takes the whole thing back. If they’re too stupid and think we’re bluffing, then I’s take it to court.

Ummm, he already (over)spent that $36mil prior to the uncapped year and tried to bury the cap charges from it into the uncapped year so he wouldn’t have to (fairly) carry it forward after the uncapped year.

That would have effectively given him a $36mil cap ADVANTAGE ($26mil vs Cowboys) against the other teams NOW & going forward. The penalties merely restore legitimate cap charges back to these teams. They already spent the money.

However, be ready for a fight when the next round of revenue shaing is negotiated.

I think this was one of those “understood” situations where Jones and Snyder KNEW they shouldn’t spend way over the cap in 2012 (even though the verbiage may not have existed at that point), but they decided to push the issue in the future (now) to try to gain a competitive edge then (2010 season).

I guess some owners will never realize it’s not how much you spend, but what (and whom) you spend the money on which makes the difference.

Sounds like a win-win.

If you let this go Danny and Shanny then I blame you for screwing it up.

It’s either Goodell’s fault or it’s yours. Fight till the end or take responsibility.

In my 37 years of life, I’ve hated the cowboys for every year of my life. But I’ll cheering my a$$ off for the Boys twice this year and hope they too go for two on every touchdown. Hope you folks down in Dallas give that smug SOB Mara the finger when he comes down.

They will indeed likely explode in spending in 2014. That’s the way they have always done it with danny boy, and, I suspect, the way they always will. How has that worked out for them?

The league shafted both teams, but nothing will be done from here.

Mara is a snake.

Seems like scheduling the Cowboys on opening night this season was the only olive branch they’re going to get.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dont be ridiculous player, if you call getting their ass handed too them on Wednesday night an olive branch then its going to be a long season for the boys.

Can’t stop the Giants bum rush…