NFLPA to decertify Topic

If it wasn't getting ugly before, it is now.

sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story


3/11/2011 6:06 PM
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Yay greed!

The Roman Empire gives 2 thumbs up!
3/11/2011 6:22 PM
I wonder how many rodeos Jerry can schedule for Texas Stadium this fall?
3/11/2011 6:26 PM
As if he needed to stay in practice shoveling manure.
3/11/2011 7:11 PM
Posted by Braziman on 3/11/2011 7:11:00 PM (view original):
As if he needed to stay in practice shoveling manure.
Very good!
3/11/2011 7:42 PM
Arena Football starts tonight!
3/11/2011 8:24 PM
Posted by occsid on 3/11/2011 6:14:00 PM (view original):
That fact that these two side picked today to do this stuff after the tragedy in Japan, show how out of touch these ******* are.  I hope the NFL never comes back.
It wasnt really in their hands. It had to be done by today or they couldnt do it. They had no way of knowing an earthquake would hit overnight.
3/11/2011 8:53 PM
According to this article over at The Daily Norseman (a Vikings blog- if you couldn't tell- over at SB Nation), if the press release from the NFL is 100% accurate (or even 50%), the players are now at least as much to blame as the owners, if not more so (and up until tonight, I was firmly behind the players in this)

www.dailynorseman.com/2011/3/11/2045141/engage-nightmare-scenario
3/11/2011 11:33 PM
They are trying to prevent a new Packers Dynasty!!!!!

DAMN THEIR EYES!!!!
3/11/2011 11:48 PM
must admit I wouldn't notice/care if the NFL doesn't play next year, or ever again, for that matter....
3/12/2011 1:35 AM
the players wanted to see the books and the owners said no

that kinda makes it hard to believe that teams are losing money
3/12/2011 1:59 AM
Posted by occsid on 3/11/2011 8:24:00 PM (view original):
Arena Football starts tonight!
What team will Tiki Barber be on?
3/12/2011 5:03 AM
Posted by bagchucker on 3/12/2011 1:59:00 AM (view original):
the players wanted to see the books and the owners said no

that kinda makes it hard to believe that teams are losing money
bingo!
and what does decertify mean, exactly?
3/12/2011 7:58 AM
I am not sure, but I think it means that the players decertifed the union and because of that, they can sue the NFL.

From ESPN:

By dissolving and announcing it no longer represents the players in collective bargaining, the union cleared the way for class-action lawsuits against the NFL, which opted out of the CBA in 2008. The antitrust suit -- forever to be known as Brady et al vs. National Football League et al -- attacked the league's policies on the draft, salary cap and free-agent restrictions such as franchise-player tags.

Invoking the Sherman Act, a federal antitrust statute from 1890 that limits monopolies and restrictions on commerce, the players are seeking triple the amount of damages they've incurred. That means the stakes here could be in the hundreds of millions.


3/12/2011 8:09 AM
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