As for roger, players hate him be cause he holds them accountable. He is the principal. The nflra wa td pensions when they make six figured for part time work and they suck almost as bad as replacements.

But a player should never look to the union for financial, educational, or football guidance b/c they don’t make any money off helping players, just themselves

This is like someone that’s been treating you like garbage offering you a bite-size candy bar. The pleasure of telling that person to stick it where the sun don’t shine is more pleasurable than the taste of the candy.

Are the players so dumb that they can’t see that their best interests aren’t being taken care of. If I were a player and read this, it would be the last day I’d pay dues to an organization that kills a rule that is in my best interests, for the sake of POSTURING?!

This is right up there with fighting the HGH rules to protect those guys on HGH and help them take clean players’ jobs because they have an unfair advantage. That’s common sense NFLPA style

And when players who can be traded, aren’t because it’s too late in the season.

The NFL can then point to the NFLPA and say “Ask your union. We proposed these things that ultimately can help players. But they didn’t want to because they wanted something in return. Too bad, so sad. We’ll keep things as they are then!”

Pissing matches from both sides of the management/union debate are tiresome. Especially when they are just out of spite without any legitimate concerns.

Everyone keeps complaining about Goodell- atleast he’s doing his job. Can anyone name a positive thing De Smith has done since he took over the union?

This pretty much sums up where I suspect the NFLPA is coming from. Not sure why the owners would expect a cooperative relationship after everything they’ve pulled over the past 18 months.