8th Circuit Court Grants Stay, Lockout Continues

Let's all just go Bull-riding!!

I'm finding it extremely hard to care about football with all this crap going on... it's actually pretty depressing.

Yeah, if I had a magic 8 ball I'd say the outlook is bleak.

Reports regarding lack of progress are a matter of semantics | ProFootballTalk (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/16/reports-regarding-lack-of-progress-are-a-matter-of-semantics/)

Good take

"Is it possible that, either by his choice or the will of his employers, the fallout from this labor nightmare will cost Goodell his job?

“Zero chance,” one owner insisted Wednesday.

The owner said there is near-unanimous support for the commissioner among the people running the 32 franchises and that Goodell has been “absolutely great” before and during the labor crisis."

"Roger is trying to do business, and De is like a psycho girlfriend who doesn’t know what he wants, doesn’t understand what he’s involved in and [who] you can’t reason with,” the owner said. “With psycho girlfriends, at least you can move on eventually. But Roger is stuck with him right now.”
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You're a cheat and a swindler.

In other news I think passing up Troy Vincent for DeMaurice Smith was easily the biggest mistakes the players union made. Smith continues to insist on going "bull in a china shop" with the courts and taking an extremely adversarial position as opposed to engaging in good faith negotiation.

In fact now that I think about it here's how D. Smith has approached negotiations. Get into a room with the owners/commissioner/etc, owners make a proposal, then rather then make a counter offer Smith storms out and b*****s to the media.

I feel like if Upshaw were still alive he would keep negotiating and simply tell the media that they're working on a deal that works out for both sides (and yes Smoot I know that back in the day Upshaw was a hot head :D).

Ed: In Good Faith Move, Owners Should End Lockout (http://plus.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/pro-sports/steelers/109906-ed-in-good-faith-move-owners-should-end-lockout)

Yeah, if I had a magic 8 ball I'd say the outlook is bleak.

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Ed: In Good Faith Move, Owners Should End Lockout (http://plus.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/pro-sports/steelers/109906-ed-in-good-faith-move-owners-should-end-lockout)

Me: In Good Faith Move, Players Should Drop Law Suit.

Obviously both would have to happen