Ongoing CBA discussions

League year could start long before new CBA is reached | ProFootballTalk (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/10/league-year-could-start-long-before-new-cba-is-reached/)

League year could start long before new CBA is reached | ProFootballTalk (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/10/league-year-could-start-long-before-new-cba-is-reached/)

This is the link to the actual Peter King article. I had posted it earlier in the free agency thread.

NFL free agency could happen sooner under one labor scenario - Peter King - SI.com (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/03/10/nfl-labor-restraining-order/index.html)

Probably the best quick hits explanation of the various legal tactics both sides can use:

Gabriel A. Feldman: NFL Lockout: The Legal Issues Behind the NFL-CBA Negotiations (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabriel-a-feldman/the-legal-issues-behind-t_b_820579.html)

David Cornwell proposes a new player compensation model | ProFootballTalk (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/11/david-cornwell-proposes-a-new-compensation-model/)

This makes the first best case for siding with the players to me. Until I read this a few times and noodled it I was a slight lean towards the owners. Now I am much more inclined to understand the logical desires of the players side. I can't find a hole in his explanation although I don't know that the solutions he presents are practical.

David Cornwell proposes a new player compensation model | ProFootballTalk (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/11/david-cornwell-proposes-a-new-compensation-model/)

This makes the first best case for siding with the players to me. Until I read this a few times and noodled it I was a slight lean towards the owners. Now I am much more inclined to understand the logical desires of the players side. I can't find a hole in his explanation although I don't know that the solutions he presents are practical.

His compensation model doesn't side w/the players though, it's simply a corporate model solution that he feels could benefit both parties. Not a bad idea at all, I certainly hope there are other ideas like this floated in the mtgs. What I like about this idea is it at least gives the players a means to look to the future. I'm not taking sides in saying this, but overall the players approach has always been about getting the biggest contracts possible, but at the same time that reduces pay for the avg. player.

His compensation model doesn't side w/the players though, it's simply a corporate model solution that he feels could benefit both parties. Not a bad idea at all, I certainly hope there are other ideas like this floated in the mtgs. What I like about this idea is it at least gives the players a means to look to the future. I'm not taking sides in saying this, but overall the players approach has always been about getting the biggest contracts possible, but at the same time that reduces pay for the avg. player.
Well it also shorts them as group on what Cornwell calls investment. The 1 bil that gets scraped off the top he calls "investment" with no tangible return (or very difficult to quantify return). That's the part that is broken. The players give back that 1bil in the name of helping the game but then they have no reason to know whether the 1bil lines the owners' pockets or really does "help" keep the game going.

So the NFL has given another proposal to the players. I imagine this is there "last-best" offer, and the one they intend to try to enforce if decertification happens.

So the NFL has given another proposal to the players. I imagine this is there "last-best" offer, and the one they intend to try to enforce if decertification happens.

CRedskinsRule..........Youre like me. Stressed out about this. Some other people that I know are wearing blinders. Thinking that there will never be a lockout. Its real folks. Its real and i'm f'ing pissed. D Smith is being alittle redic if you ask me. I know people say this all the time but I truly do live for Skins football. Its my life. Sad but true. Its all I talk about. I'm just hoping with get a shortened season atleast. Who knows :(

I think the players seem far too willing to blow this up considering they have a decent shot at not gaining much. The SC in the American Needle case did acknowledge the necessity for a sports league to enact controls that foster parity and competitive balance. While they stopped short of declaring it one entity they did grant them a path to coordinate certain activities as one entity. If they decertify ans sue they have to sue over everything. It'll cost them a lot and they may gain some flexibility but not a lot.

CRedskinsRule..........Youre like me. Stressed out about this. Some other people that I know are wearing blinders. Thinking that there will never be a lockout. Its real folks. Its real and i'm f'ing pissed. D Smith is being alittle redic if you ask me. I know people say this all the time but I truly do live for Skins football. Its my life. Sad but true. Its all I talk about. I'm just hoping with get a shortened season atleast. Who knows :(

Soul-Skins, sounds like you have more to lose than any of em!