Comments on: The Season Won’t Start Until November And Other Theories

By: Randy R

Randy R — Wed, 18 May 2011 05:55:51 +0000

The players will be going broke before Sept i predict, I think players will start second guessing Smith on his litigation strategy, How’s this litigation thing going so far for you Smith?

By: Randy R

Randy R — Wed, 18 May 2011 05:54:02 +0000

Even if the players win in Minn Courts, NFL will just keep appealing. If Free agency, salary cap, the draft, no longer exist, Then who the hell cares, the NFL’s popularity would be done as we know it, 7 or 8 teams would be able to win the S B, not 32. Guess what?..In the Citys where a team cant compete, who’s gonna watch the games?…I’m not

By: Taryn

Taryn — Tue, 17 May 2011 10:33:16 +0000

If there isn’t a draft and all players are FAs,the NFL is done.
The draft is a basic OJT(on the job training) which like the Military only trains it’s recruits to into certain areas based on enlistment time.Training someone and allowing them to walk before getting a return is “bad business” in and at any level or in any field of endeavor.
Progress and change is a constant and the NFL is not and cannot be allowed immunity from it.
The draft is a huge nessessity and supplys a most viable offset to having nothing more than over rated and over paid under-achievers.

The players will begin to cave and become more apt to agree to a contract when they start to lose paychecks which is always the place to hit when things need to get done.
The owners have the money to out last the Union so time is on their side but the playing field needs to be made level to induce both sides equally through financial loss.
Most stadiums are funded in one way or another by the public ( fans or not) via taxes,bonds etc.The owners need to be held accountable for the repayment of those on demand,for the breach of contract in which they were awarded and by the promise of having football played yearly in the stadium thus fulfilling the emploment and monetary influx into the city that went on the limb to secure the finance for the stadium.
Negotiations would be more virile if both sides were to be losing money equally according to the scale of each sides wealth.
If the City of each team were to set all prices to games at levels more adequate to the people of that city and the owners profits were derived from those prices,how fast would they be serious to get it done?

By: iltarion

iltarion — Tue, 17 May 2011 02:10:29 +0000

There is one glaring issue with Collinsworth’s analysis. He states that the players will like their chances with their antitrust suit. Wrong.

The players are screwed in the 8th Circuit. The closer the season gets the more public opinion will weigh against them. With their backs against the wall, the players will reach an agreement in August. Just enough time to miss most the preseason, which the players would prefer anyway.

By: Xavier

Xavier — Mon, 16 May 2011 17:47:13 +0000

Imagine if there wasnt a draft. The wait between the superbowl and first game is already too big and not having a draft will only make it worse.