As the NFL Lockout meanders its’ way through days numbering over 100 now, the league must be fully aware of the repercussions that await it should a new collective bargaining agreement not be reached in time for the scheduled start of the season. Fact is, I believe we will have professional football at some point …
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20 Questions for the Steelers
One of our members, jpele, posted up this article from the Tribune Review. John Harris raises some good points as he talks about things that are of a concern to the Steelers or soon will be as this offseason moves forward to an eventual start of the 2011 season (whenever that is). Coach Mike Tomlin …
Jeff Saturday talks about why the players decertified
Good video from NFL Network with Colts Center Jeff Saturday and Rich Eisen, as they discuss the reasons the NFL Players decided to decertify. I must say that Saturday does make some valid points, however as you’ll see, Rich asks him several times why they didn’t give it a few more days to try to …
The players are still united, but are the fans?
Is this lockout starting leave a sour taste in your mouth yet? I know it is for me, but it’s still “ok” for right now because the draft isn’t here yet. Once that hits and we continue down this current path, things will go downhill at a more rapid pace. When I say it’s “ok”, …
A Look at the New Rule Changes
It’s still March and yet with this Lockout I feel like Tommy Lee Jones at the end of ‘Space Cowboys’ where he’s just sitting there on the moon. He knows the end is coming and is trying to enjoy the peace and serenity of looking at Earth, but yet there’s part of him that just …
What The Lockout Is Robbing Us Of
At a time when you and I should be thinking about the draft (many still are because it’s all we have), free agency, the impending 2011 schedule release and so on, we are left with nothing but animosity between the NFL Owners and the Players Association. Can I still call it that? I know they de-certified …
Goodell sends email to all NFL players
Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote NFL players Thursday, outlining the league’s last proposal to the union and cautioning that “each passing day puts our game and our shared economics further at risk.” Goodell ended the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, by telling players: “I hope you will encourage your …
The lockout, the draft; and what happens next?
The main thing to keep in mind during this lockout period as we head to the draft is that regardless of what happens there will still be a draft. There will always be an NFL draft even if there is no CBA and the players are locked out. Teams cannot sign any players once …
Reasons the players left the deal on the table
March 11th, 2011 NFLLockout.com Issues which prevented a new NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement from being reached: The NFL demanded a multi-billion dollar giveback and refused to provide any legitimate financial information to justify it. The NFL’s offer on March 7 to give the NFLPA a single sheet of numbers was NOT financial disclosure. The players’ …
NFL proposal that the players left on the table
NFLLabor.com 1. We more than split the economic difference between us, increasing our proposed cap for 2011 significantly and accepting the Union’s proposed cap number for 2014 ($161 million per club). 2. An entry level compensation system based on the Union’s “rookie cap” proposal, rather than the wage scale proposed by the clubs. Under the …
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