Comments on: NFLPA files new brief in collusion case

By: mrpowers88

mrpowers88 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:48:18 +0000

The NFLPA leadership is a joke right now, but I don’t think that will hurt them too much more in this (because honestly, the on way it gets worse is if they get fired).

I’m pretty sure that the owners couldn’t legally put in an article to the CBA that would cover them on collusion, when they actually colluded. And if the PA actually let it happen- and now can’t do anything about it- they should get rid of Smith ASAFP

By: cwwgk

cwwgk — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:10:22 +0000

The NFLPA has become the child who goes crying to mom whenever something doesn’t go their way. Don’t like the terms of the CBA they negotiated? They go running for help from a judge. Don’t like the terms of a settlement agreement they signed? They go running for help from a judge. Don’t like the ramifications of sanctions they were consulted on and agreed to? They go running for help from a judge.

The players seem to have lost sight of the fact the NFL is not pee wee, high school or even college football. It’s the real world and, just like everyone else in all other occupations, the world owes them nothing.

The players are active participants in a multi-billion dollar business. They get paid more money in their short careers than virtually everyone else on the planet.

In their line of business, they’re dealing with very savvy, experienced and accomplished business people. Most of whom have been owners in the NFL longer than the players have played in the league; and some longer than the players have been alive.

Just because something doesn’t go the way the players want doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve been wronged. Welcome to being an adult. Crying to the media and the court system over ever perceived transgression is a terrible way to try and function in society.

Goodell and the league are not the monsters as many claim. They’re just far more experienced at running incredibly successful businesses. The NFLPA and its members should try tackling them head on instead of continually crying to mom for help.

By: mdd913

mdd913 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:13:04 +0000

A CBA that makes illegal things legal.

Unbelievable that so many STILL think Goodell is anything but a tyrant and a blight upon the game.

By: jnbnet

jnbnet — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:29:57 +0000

We’re in the process of tracking down the brief, and later today we’ll put together an explanation that has a good chance of causing you to wake up at your desk in a puddle of drool that contains small bits of Cheetos.

Too funny!

By: daysend564

daysend564 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:23:55 +0000

Way to go Mara!

By: tjacks7

tjacks7 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:18:14 +0000

I never realized how good the regular refs are at their job until now. These replacement refs are terrible. They slow the game down a ton.

I’ve seen the regular refs call the wrong number before. But never calling the number of a player who doesnt even play on the unit on the field, three times, in one game. Holy smokes that’s embarrassing.