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**elapicearpisp** · 09-14-2010, 08:38 PM

To start a lot of games on Sunday as well as the Thursday night game players stepped onto the field and pointed skyward in a show of NFLPA solidarity. Saying they are all one voice.

What does everybody think about this move? Sounds like the fans in Houston rained down boos to the players whereas a good number of fans joined the players in the show at other venues. How about the threat of decertification and enacting anti-trust lawsuits?

rotary doesnt like that the players are bringing their labor issue to the football game. Leave it in the locker room and at the bargaining table.

But, the owners are the ones who have set this course. Not the players. And not ALL the owners are the brightest crayons in the box and are finding it 'difficult' to run their operations.

Their solution? Take it from the players who ARE the game.

But the NFL also has issues to deal with, too.

1) Lack of interest in even GOING to a game anymore. WATCHING the game at home is . . . AWESOME. 1080P Hi def for EVERY GAME, replay, reliable wireless communication for the fantasy geeks, and especially the COST of not going to a game. Save for a few stadiums, blackouts in local markets are rising at a very noticable clip. Hell, it wasnt until Thursday that the Jets sold out their home opener for Monday night.

2) Owners want an 18 game season for more revenue. This is in another thread but the number of severe injuries, after only ONE week of the NFL, is already lengthy. Expanded rosters will only be filler. WHICH they will need.

The players, if they decertify their union, will bring about an apocalypitic shift in the resolution of this. The players KNOW that even with NO football next year, the networks STILL have to pay the owners for rights fees. Locking out the players costs them nothing. Suing the owners, by the players, for Anti-Trust laws is about the only card the players can play to gain back some leverage.

Theres not alot of optimism that this gets settled during the season. Once the season's over, 1987's labor stoppage will look minor compared to this one.

09-14-2010, 08:38 PM	#11
elapicearpisp Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 417 Senior Member	To start a lot of games on Sunday as well as the Thursday night game players stepped onto the field and pointed skyward in a show of NFLPA solidarity. Saying they are all one voice. What does everybody think about this move? Sounds like the fans in Houston rained down boos to the players whereas a good number of fans joined the players in the show at other venues. How about the threat of decertification and enacting anti-trust lawsuits? rotary doesnt like that the players are bringing their labor issue to the football game. Leave it in the locker room and at the bargaining table. But, the owners are the ones who have set this course. Not the players. And not ALL the owners are the brightest crayons in the box and are finding it 'difficult' to run their operations. Their solution? Take it from the players who ARE the game. But the NFL also has issues to deal with, too. 1) Lack of interest in even GOING to a game anymore. WATCHING the game at home is . . . AWESOME. 1080P Hi def for EVERY GAME, replay, reliable wireless communication for the fantasy geeks, and especially the COST of not going to a game. Save for a few stadiums, blackouts in local markets are rising at a very noticable clip. Hell, it wasnt until Thursday that the Jets sold out their home opener for Monday night. 2) Owners want an 18 game season for more revenue. This is in another thread but the number of severe injuries, after only ONE week of the NFL, is already lengthy. Expanded rosters will only be filler. WHICH they will need. The players, if they decertify their union, will bring about an apocalypitic shift in the resolution of this. The players KNOW that even with NO football next year, the networks STILL have to pay the owners for rights fees. Locking out the players costs them nothing. Suing the owners, by the players, for Anti-Trust laws is about the only card the players can play to gain back some leverage. Theres not alot of optimism that this gets settled during the season. Once the season's over, 1987's labor stoppage will look minor compared to this one.
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