Replacement Players

Why are the skins holding tryouts for replacement players if thats not an option???


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Thank you for making my day. Makes that 127 bucks I just shelled over seem like nothing now.


I use to lock out my girl friend and use a replacement.

Well played...lol

yikes! the unions demanded this, and the owners rolled over and gave in. they are both are at fault. they cant even agree to collusion, because they know one of them will cave. both sides deserve equal blame here. and yes, i will watch replacements. because it will count. and i love the redskins, no matter who puts on that uniform

I like that....spoken like a TRUE Redskin fan!
httr

Oh man...you poor, poor guy. Still a fool two weeks later

I know, I'm an idiot!!!

^ right NC Skins. I wouldnt watch scabs regardless...I wish to god everyone that has the NFL ticket or any NFL subscriptions would pick up their phone and cancel that sh*t and vote how they feel with there wallet. I really pissed in these tough economic times how selfish both sides have acted, Goodell IMO has been piss poor throughout the CBA bullsh*t

X2. I wish the guy would resign.

Sports Illustrated had a poll and found that 63% of the people polled said they WOULD watch NFL games with replacement players.

Everyone take a deep breath here. Things are still VERY far away from anything like "Replacement Games".

But since there is nothing real to talk about with regard to the NFL at the moment while Judge Nelson is writing her ruling - - I have to think she has made up her mind by now and is simply crafting her decision into legal language - - why not pose the question here:

Would you watch NFL games if they used replacement players?
Before answering, remember what TV viewing options for sports on Sundays exist in the Fall:

1. MLB playoffs and World Series

2. Pac-12 MIGHT put a game of the week on Sunday this year

3. NASCAR

4. Golf

5. Bowling

6. Poker

7. Tennis

8. Rodeo

9. Fishing


Personally, I would probably watch Replacement Games unenthusiastically because the alternatives are even less appealing.

i would not watch replacement games this time around. back in 87 i watched cause 2 or 3 games had already been played by the regulars and the redskins had a team that was a super bowl contender. everyone knew that the scab games were not going to last. i watched mainly cause back then i loved this team. we had a great coach, defensive coordinator, owner, front office. not only did i like the players but the people who coached and ran it. now it's just different and i'm just not as attached to the current team... different time, different era. i'd go play golf or do some house work.

Why are the skins holding tryouts for replacement players if thats not an option???

I hear the NFL will be trying out replacement owners...

Report: NFL May End Lockout By Hiring Scab Owners | The Onion Sports Network (http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/report-nfl-may-end-lockout-by-hiring-scab-owners,19770/)

:lol:

I hear the NFL will be trying out replacement owners...

Report: NFL May End Lockout By Hiring Scab Owners | The Onion Sports Network (http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/report-nfl-may-end-lockout-by-hiring-scab-owners,19770/)

:lol:

haha...that was brilliant. I like this portion of the article.

"Our replacement owners might not be as flashy as someone like Al Davis, but they will be just as effective at running a football franchise, handling difficult management decisions, and collecting profits." Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones criticized the possible move, claiming the scab owners wouldn't know anything about the nuances of price-gouging and ****ing over fans.

/bangs head against wall


Read my post above about "Replacement Players". There will be none. This isn't a player strike.

If there is no CBA, why will it matter if this is a strike or a lockout? No CBA means that the NFL players who are loyal to their decertified union will not play. If the league then chooses to try to put on games, they would have to use other players and those would be "replacement players". The source of the work-stoppage does not preclude that possibility.

The odds that this situation would devolve to a place where no agreement is in place so late in the year that "replacements" would become a real possibility are very long. But it is not impossible.

Consider this a hypothetical situation to be discussed - - sort of like the hypothetical discussions we have around things like what would have happened if Jack Kent Cooke's will had not forced his son to sell the team or what would have happened if Gregg Williams had become head coach instead of Jim Zorn.

If there is no CBA, why will it matter if this is a strike or a lockout? No CBA means that the NFL players who are loyal to their decertified union will not play. If the league then chooses to try to put on games, they would have to use other players and those would be "replacement players". The source of the work-stoppage does not preclude that possibility.

The odds that this situation would devolve to a place where no agreement is in place so late in the year that "replacements" would become a real possibility are very long. But it is not impossible.

If the owners decided to play any games, they would be on the hook for the current contracts of the NFL Players. You think they are going to pay 100+ million each team and have those players sit at home watching scabs play? Not only that, it would kill the quality of the NFL during that time.

I don't see any scenario where the league could lockout the players and still continue business as usual with scabs. Again, I think you are confusing a player lockout and a owner lockout. Not the same.

Thanks for the tip. I've been to India several times and always drink bottled water. I never drink the tap water or anything which might contain tap water and this was true before the advent of this "superbug."

India is a terrific place anyway.

I wouldn't mind seeing India, heck I'd like to see a lot of countries that are in no way shape and form American friendly. I must be the moron who wonders why those countries don't wise up. Most of the middle east would make a ton of money if they would just be more friendly towards foriegners, Americans, and Christians. Instead their gov would prefer to lose the millions they cold be making in order to keep the outsiders out.

Like Cuba, supposedly has the nicest beaches but would prefer to stay communist instead of reforming their gov and opening their island to vacationers which would bolster their economy.