Comments on: Collusion case could be an all-in gamble for key NFL, NFLPA personnel

By: careerender56

careerender56 — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:16:27 +0000

I will never understand why people side with hte players or the NFLPA on anything. they seem to be trying to kill this league at all costs, they want to make this like baseball, where only big market teams can be contenders year in and year out.

a slaray cap maintains comeptetive balance, they knew that if a couple owners, desperate to win went out and paid players MLB type contracts, the salary cap would never come back.

snyder and jones threatened the competetive balance that makes this league great and should face consequences.

By: mcconnellrules

mcconnellrules — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:18:34 +0000

IF the NFLPA successfully sues the owners… Does this mean Redskins and Cowboys will not have to pay anything since both organizations never colluded ??

By: prrbrr

prrbrr — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:50:36 +0000

The NFLPA is bent on killing the Golden Goose. Good bye NFL your greed, short sightedness, and stupidity will be your downfall.

By: chatham10

chatham10 — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:44:42 +0000

The WINNER is Kessler the Lawyer, he will get paid win or lose, what a deal and he has so union lawyers to thank. The fans end up paying for this nonsense as well.

By: savocabol1

savocabol1 — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:27:32 +0000

As a fan, this means nothing to us.

The games will still be played each week.

I will still watch them.

Prices may or may not increase for whatever reason each year…and I will still go to the game and buy a $10 beer.

By: blantoncollier

blantoncollier — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:21:33 +0000

Oh great its summer and the NFL and NFLPA are going to war again. And this site can do more bidding for the players.

Aint life grand!

By: egwett

egwett — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:20:59 +0000

What about this years collusion, they do have the right to sue over this years collusion. You can’t tell me that not 1 single restricted free agent received an offer from another team without the teams agreeing that none of them would try to poach other teams restricted free agents!!

By: southbeachtalent

southbeachtalent — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:18:12 +0000

This is getting rediculous.

Actually it has been for a while now…

By: fwippel

fwippel — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:13:43 +0000

And the lawyers laugh all the way to the bank…

Sounds like De Smith and Roger GOoDell are competing to see whose ego is the largest.

The idea that the owners would have engaged in this, and done so for a single year, sounds like wishful thinking on the part of the NFLPA. Everyone knew a salary cap was coming back, and was going to be part of any CBA that was agreed to. The owners didn’t need to collude on this because it wasn’t going to be part of the CBA going forward.

By: anarchopurplism

anarchopurplism — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:12:19 +0000

Clearly the NFLPA is owed $3 Billion & that they are making this move based on the good of the game.

By: eagleswin

eagleswin — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:11:58 +0000

Collusion case could be an all-in gamble for key NFL, NFLPA personnel

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Misleading headline. This is a gamble by the NFLPA, not the NFL. While there is potential fallout from this case for NFL personnel, they did not instigate this case.

Not sure what fallout there really would be for the NFLPA, you stated in your article that they have nothing to lose other than goodwill with the NFL office. DeMaurice waited until he was reelected before pursuing this case so he has nothing to worry about.

It’s a shame the NFLPA isn’t this proactive when it comes to player safety or retired player issues. It’s consistantly about the short term monetary gain over the longterm benefits. Maurice and the lawyers got theirs, everyone else is on their own.

By: Jon DiPietro

Jon DiPietro — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:09:49 +0000

So much for that whole “10 years of labor peace” concept, huh?

By: gocaps8

gocaps8 — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:06:21 +0000

It’s insanity that the NFL is at this point. Why would you gamble with the health of the league over the Redskins and Cowboys being aggressive within the rules?

Goodell must not know much about strategic leadership. Or football for that matter. Sometimes, you’ve got to punt.

By: chrisritch93

chrisritch93 — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:06:17 +0000

Lawyers and bloggers are cut from the same cloth….slowly bleeding us to death with drawn out litigation and drawn out story’s……

By: steelernationisthepinnacleofexistenceyouarenothing

steelernationisthepinnacleofexistenceyouarenothing — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:04:29 +0000

I see what you did there…

By: nypd1056

nypd1056 — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:01:28 +0000

bigjdve says:May 24, 2012 9:32 AM

While I would love Mara and Goodell get what is coming to them for the Washington/Dallas penalty, I think the PA will fall flat on this one.

Why is it Mara & Goodell’s fault. The resolution might have been proposed by John Mara, BUT 32 TEAMS HAD TO VOTE ON IT.

By: Kaz

Kaz — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:56:02 +0000

The league has no one to blame but themselves for this one. They walked right into it.

By: dasportsninja

dasportsninja — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:55:32 +0000

Let us remember that it is lawyers advising the NFLPA. The Lawyers stand to make more money of these things are drawn out. And even more if they go to court. I have a feeling there is a conflict of interest in the advice the NFLPA is getting on these matters.

By: dasportsninja

dasportsninja — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:54:17 +0000

“From the NFLPA’s perspective, there’s nothing to lose,”

They will just alienate more fans, the people spending money to watch them, allowing them to earn millions of dollars. Not to mention the 10′s of million of dollars in legal fees.

By: lolb23

lolb23 — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:52:21 +0000

Imagine how much lower ticket prices would be if the NFL didn’t have to spend all this $$$ fighting off every single stupid lawsuit by the NFLPA.

By: lolb23

lolb23 — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:50:03 +0000

And when this dies down, the NFLPA will have something else to bitch and complain about.

By: mybrunoblog

mybrunoblog — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:48:40 +0000

I get so tired of hearing the media and NFL fans talk about how the NFL is an “empire” and “the most powerful thing in sports” or ” virtually untouchable”…..Empires come and go.
The NFL might get it’s head handed to it on this one. King Roger should be afraid. Very afraid.
Baseball owners suffered a huge blow with their collusion case in the 1980s. Some owners never recovered and it really emboldened the players union indirectly fueling the strike of 1994/95.

By: 6thsense79

6thsense79 — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:44:18 +0000

There’s no doubt in my mind that the NFL collided on 2010. They then tried to use the new CBA to avoid punishment. The arrogance of the league is outstanding. The stupidity of the NFLPA to not protecting themselves in case of undiscovered collusion cases.

Despite that I hope the NFLPA wins. The punishment of two teams that refused to engage in collusion is terrible and losing this case would send a message to the league that what they did was wrong. And judging from the comments of the Giants’ owner saying the two teams were lucky to not have lost draft picks.

By: truthfactory

truthfactory — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:42:34 +0000

The fans are the ones who get screwed… If owners have to pay an extra $3 Billion, all that really means is that the owners have to charge the fans extra in tickets, parking, and concessions to make up the $3 billion… Just so that the multi-millionare athletes (who will be broke in 5 years regardless of the money they make) can make a few extra million.

B.S.

By: eagleswin

eagleswin — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:41:02 +0000

From the NFLPA’s perspective, there’s nothing to lose, other than the goodwill of the league office.

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This is the same NFLPA who can’t be bothered with safety issues for the players. Requiring mouthgards, leg pads, the latest in concussion resistant helmets are not their concern. If it doesn’t easily and directly translate into money for the NFLPA or players, they bury their heads in the sand.

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:36:13 +0000

It seems to me like the union is hell bent on killing the golden goose.

Idiots.

By: cjw1197

cjw1197 — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:40 +0000

So sick of lawsuits. Everyone’s making their millions. Just play football and get along.

By: bigjdve

bigjdve — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:32:35 +0000

While I would love Mara and Goodell get what is coming to them for the Washington/Dallas penalty, I think the PA will fall flat on this one.

They always seem to be a day late and a dollar short. I think De Smith was so interested in saving his job, he forgot the big picture.

Should be interesting to see.

By: joshuavkidd

joshuavkidd — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:31:28 +0000

and there you have it… the NFLPA has nothing to lose so lets just go ahead and sue and see what happens. How is it no one see’s a problem with this kind of thinking in our society?