8th Circuit Court Grants Stay, Lockout Continues

^Perhaps I'm not getting it. Because both parties could not come to an agreement I was under the impression for atleast the last few yrs both sides have been working under an agreed upon earlier CBA, ie; the 2006 CBA. The reason the owners would have let the CBA expire a couple of months ago was because they felt it was a more player friendly CBA and they want a more even keel CBA. The players don't want to give that up.

In any event it was my understanding that both sides agreed to work under the 2006 CBA in order to keep football going and give them more time to negotiate. So although I'm not "getting it" I was pretty sure there was a CBA for which the players decertified 6 hrs prior to the deadline of an agreed upon deadline.

Again I could be wrong but I was pretty sure there was a CBA that both sides were playing under that both sides agreed to use up until about a couple of months ago when the players chose to decertify.

So your second excuse for the players is they had to file prior to 5pm? When technically they could have waited until the next day after the deadline? Good arguement. Although had they waited there probably would not be any issue's about whether they decertified illegally. I'm soo glad I'm just not getting "it".

People who point to the opt out moment are generally trying to deflect criticism away from the players. They tend to disregard that the opt out was a valid option for either side and agreed upon by both sides. If you call them on that, they will go to the unethical tv contracts, this is completely valid, except that the owners have been found guilty, and will face a triple damage punishment, tha brings us to the nflpa disclaimer, which has yet to have a final judgement of intent but doesn't pass a simple smell test. If the 8th district and NLRB both say it was valid, then I will not point to it, but at this point in time, that act of disclaiming with the purpose of subverting the 6month time period written into the CBA is, to me, the point where fault lays.

But rather than lay fault at this point both sides know what it takes to reach a deal, the NFL has put offers out there, somebody on the players side ought to get a response back to the owners, so that everyone can get moving forward to a final solution.

Holy crap! I was right...

NFL.com news: Lockout block? Union seeks to decertify before CBA expires (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81e80385/article/lockout-block-union-seeks-to-decertify-before-cba-expires)

If the union does decertify, the plan in place is to do so prior to the expiration of the CBA at 11:59 p.m. ET on March 3, absent any breakthrough in talks. The union would then seek an injunction to block a potential lockout.


But here's the problem with them waiting....

The NFLPA would take this course of action to ensure the injunction goes before Judge David Doty, who's jurisdiction over this case ends on March 3. If the NFLPA waited until after the expiration of the CBA, the union would have to wait six months to decertify.

The Union didn't want to have to wait 6 months. OFW.

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I see this as a stalemate. Did not a second contingient of players file a suit also? A break in the ranks of the players? So all that has happened is a break in the ranks of the owners. To me... screams of tie. Just because this is the latest news does not make the opposite side a winner in the leverage game.

I see this as a stalemate. Did not a second contingient of players file a suit also? A break in the ranks of the players? So all that has happened is a break in the ranks of the owners. To me... screams of tie. Just because this is the latest news does not make the opposite side a winner in the leverage game.

I wasn't saying either way rather I'm simply tired of the players (and some of the owners) obsession with obtaining leverage.

People who point to the opt out moment are generally trying to deflect criticism away from the players. They tend to disregard that the opt out was a valid option for either side and agreed upon by both sides. If you call them on that, they will go to the unethical tv contracts, this is completely valid, except that the owners have been found guilty, and will face a triple damage punishment, tha brings us to the nflpa disclaimer, which has yet to have a final judgement of intent but doesn't pass a simple smell test. If the 8th district and NLRB both say it was valid, then I will not point to it, but at this point in time, that act of disclaiming with the purpose of subverting the 6month time period written into the CBA is, to me, the point where fault lays.

But rather than lay fault at this point both sides know what it takes to reach a deal, the NFL has put offers out there, somebody on the players side ought to get a response back to the owners, so that everyone can get moving forward to a final solution.

In regards to the 1st para, it doesn't matter who has "leverage", if the players are found to have decertified illegally (which I think will happen) then the owners hold the leverage.

but in regards to the 2nd para, no matter who holds leverage both sides need to get an agreement which means sitting at a table and agreeing on a new CBA and signing it. You can't work on anything if only one party is throwing out offers and the other side does not respond or does not throw out counter offers. As you said both sides can have fingers pointed at them, but they need to negotiate and that can't be done by just one side.

Don't know if this has been posted yet but I think it would be hilarious to see Shanahan put Snyder through an OTA.
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I wasn't saying either way rather I'm simply tired of the players (and some of the owners) obsession with obtaining leverage.

Misunderstood sorry. I too am tired of the whole "leverage" issue. Who the "F" cares? the players thought they would get leverage by decertifying. Did it work? no, the owners lockedout. Did the owners gain any leverage by locking out? no.

How will getting leverage from the courts help in the specifics of a new CBA? I keep hearing that the courts can't instruct what gets put in or taken out of the CBA. They can only determine if either party broke the law. So basically the whole court issues are a smoke screen to take attention away from the sitting down and hashing out an agreement.

Misunderstood sorry. I too am tired of the whole "leverage" issue. Who the "F" cares? the players thought they would get leverage by decertifying. Did it work? no, the owners lockedout. Did the owners gain any leverage by locking out? no.

How will getting leverage from the courts help in the specifics of a new CBA? I keep hearing that the courts can't instruct what gets put in or taken out of the CBA. They can only determine if either party broke the law. So basically the whole court issues are a smoke screen to take attention away from the sitting down and hashing out an agreement.

Funny thing about leverage is you loose some when it becomes obvious that you're desperately chasing after it. In retrospect the only thing leverage wise that I have no problem with is the NFLPA going after the Owners rainy day fund with the TV Contracts.