Comments on: Hooray! The Lockout Is Back On!

By: Lockout Will Remain In Place Until June | Total Packers

Lockout Will Remain In Place Until June | Total Packers — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:57:11 +0000

[...] stay is an extension of an emergency stay the same court granted in April, allowing owners to shut the league down again after U.S. District Judge Susan Nelson ruled the [...]

By: Some Teams Contacting Undrafted Free Agents | Total Packers

Some Teams Contacting Undrafted Free Agents | Total Packers — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:14:39 +0000

[...] the NFL lockout went back into effect during the league’s three-day draft, teams have been prevented from signing undrafted free [...]

By: Randy R

Randy R — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:43:55 +0000

I could write for an hour on this…instead…well said iltarion

By: iltarion

iltarion — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:22:14 +0000

I don’t see why all the vitriol towards this ruling. We need the lockout. The lockout forces the players to compromise. Without the lockout, shit could go on for who knows how long. A deal would never get done.

According to what we heard, which the NFLPA hasn’t really repudiated, the owners reduced the $1 billion they were asking for to $350 million. That is a 65% compromise, and yet the players still said, Screw you, and decertified. You think we need the lockout to get this done? Yeah, you bet we do.

All this ruling means is that the lockout remains in place until the Appeal is heard. That is all.