The players union will cave first. The owners will live, and will gladly take a one-year loss if it means obtaining a favorable deal that will keep them earning maximum profits in the long run. The players, on the other hand, have the most to lose if there's no football in 2011.
Its always about money. Owners will allow the players to run the show if it meant a 2% profit increase.
Did anyone hear fox sports radio recently? There may be a possibility the nfl is going to shut down nfl.com and any website that shows player pics, videos and interviews when the lock out happens. Can they do this? It's one thing to lock the players out, but quite another to lock the fans out.
They can do whatever they want with their website but I don't see what they gain from that, especially if you're going to keep NFL Network up and running.
umm, I guess this is good: I saw on NFLN that basically everyone is getting their ass in the meeting rooms today before the deadline to see what they can do. Jeff Pash told the media that they know the calendar and whats at stake. I think both sides are feeling the pressure. I'm sticking to my prediction that the CBA gets done before the draft.
I heard somewhere that if the new CBA isn't done by Friday it won't be done until Labor Day at the earliest. Umm WTF?
Yes, it's kinda big... They won't have access to funds which could cause them to cave first... The players don't get paid until September...The owners have other expenses from now til then.
"Fantasy_Guru FantasyGuru.com by JamesIhedigbo Judge Doty rules NFL cannot tap into $4 billion TV reserve if there's a work stoppage. Huge, huge blow to NFL's leverage."
Looks like the NFLPA isn't going to be a poodle like the last guy. Their union is so weak compared to that of baseball or even basketball...
I would think the owners with stadiums built with their own money will be pissed along with those owners that paid a huge loans to buy their team. Only those terms will be greatly affected.
I hope this gets the players their 16 games like they want. I think the rookie scale gets put in place. And then the pie sharing will be the biggest issue. That ruling will get this shit done ASAP, because these owners have a fuckload less leverage.
This is a good take on the situation. http://blogs.forbes.com/sportsmoney...rs-legal-victory-should-help-avoid-a-lockout/
I don't know, man. This is kind of like what Carson Palmer said yesterday: "I have $80 million in the bank, I don't need to play for money anymore." These fucking owners don't need the money. They're billionaires even without their teams.
