The CBA: The NFLPA and Players Are Greedy and/or Dumb

MOrt just reported that it is over, talks are over. Mort said the players association walked out... all teams must be under the cap by 10 PM.

Gentlemen, sharpen your axes!:frusty:Didn't Mort say they still had a chance with using their blackberries?

The majority (large masses) of NFL fans are not loyal fans like you and I, most are really fair weather fans.
The Colts are the perfect example. Right before the Colts got Manning, Edgerrin and Harrison nobody gave a rat ass about the colts. Their attendance was horrible and they were never on TV. They did not have a probowl player for years. NOw they have the stars and have been to the playoffs for a few years, they sell out and now the city wants to build them a stadium just to keep them. Oh, how things have changed for them.


i agree with you , youve made valid points but i don't believe the impact of losing a few star players would hurt any nfl team (as far as attendance and so forth...)

teams like the colts, that you mentioned, wouldn't cut manning or harrison , they would cut some lesser known stars. same with the skins, they're way over the cap but they wouldn't cut any of their true stars.

i agree with you , youve made valid points but i don't believe the impact of losing a few star players would hurt any nfl team (as far as attendance and so forth...)

teams like the colts, that you mentioned, wouldn't cut manning or harrison , they would cut some lesser known stars. same with the skins, they're way over the cap but they wouldn't cut any of their true stars.

like lavar? stars get replaced, just wait a couple years.

I think that the CBA talks would make a good Dilbert cartoon. Catbert would be Upshaw...

like lavar? stars get replaced, just wait a couple years.



thats my point, stars come and go but true fans still watch their favorite teams
regardless.

Okay, so instead of siding with the millionaires, you're siding with the billionaires? Sorry if I don't cry about the owners or players not being able to afford a solid-gold gulfstream.

It wasn't for these billionaires there wouldn't be the NFL! Or Dell or Microsoft or GM or what ever!!! These men put thier ass on the line! It would be like you putting together a high paying law firm and lawyers telling YOU what and how you will pay them! I am not for owners I am for a man being able to run his buisness with in the law! Setting how much he pays his workers! Not having anyone like Government come in and set pay rates! If the players wanted to set up thier own league and it is good then it will beat out the owners! More power to them!!!

thats my point, stars come and go but true fans still watch their favorite teams
regardless.

You are right!!! I love when the had the replacement players!!! Guys playing for the love of the game!!! Put Joe Parker or Dave Smith and he is good as well as a Redskins. I love them!!!

It wasn't for these billionaires there wouldn't be the NFL! Or Dell or Microsoft or GM or what ever!!! These men put thier ass on the line! It would be like you putting together a high paying law firm and lawyers telling YOU what and how you will pay them! I am not for owners I am for a man being able to run his buisness with in the law! Setting how much he pays his workers! Not having anyone like Government come in and set pay rates! If the players wanted to set up thier own league and it is good then it will beat out the owners! More power to them!!!

#1. If it wasn't for the players, there wouldn't be football games worth watching.

#2. The owners put their asses on the line? What NFL owner hasn't made bundles on the acquisition of a team?

#3. I'm not sure how the whole law thing comes into play.

All I am saying is I just haven't taken a side in this fight. All sides are being greedy. I don't care who "wins."

#1. If it wasn't for the players, there wouldn't be football games worth watching.

#2. The owners put their asses on the line? What NFL owner hasn't made bundles on the acquisition of a team?

#3. I'm not sure how the whole law thing comes into play.

All I am saying is I just haven't taken a side in this fight. All sides are being greedy. I don't care who "wins."

Not about winning it's about both sides getting a fair contract so we can watch football!