De Smith Asks Goodell To Run Away to Florida With Him

Lmfao @ lotus ... "stealing glances" hahaha

.... hope this is a sign of good to come and hope it happens soon.

Well I'm starting to not blame the owners for not wanting to open the books. NBA Owners opened their books to show a ridiculous 22 of 30 teams loosing money and all the NBA players can say is "they're lying."

Players Association disputes NBA's claims of broad losses - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6243850)
Our belief is that a small number of teams are suffering, and their problems can be addressed through revenue sharing.

The damn books are right in front of you. The statements are verified by a third party.

Congrads owners. I now understand your position.

The NBA situation is going to make the NFL dispute look so small...but that's for another thread

The NBA situation is going to make the NFL dispute look so small...but that's for another thread

They can take all the time they need :D. A missed season guarantees another high draft pick for the Wizards. Not that they're exactly a threat to make the playoffs but they're certainly in line for a major improvement, but yeah another thread.

Shouldn't this go in the gay marriage thread?

What forum is that in? :)

I don't really care what these two are doing. I don't care if they're having a homosexual relationship and keeping it behind closed doors. JUST GET A DEAL DONE!

I feel like we will have some kind of a serious announcement after the July 4th weekend. At that point you are around 2 1/2 weeks away from training camps and there is still going to have to be some sort of Free Agent period before that. I bet they are pretty close on most things and they just need to work out some finer points. No one really knows because they can't talk about it, but seeing Goodell and Smith together tells me a plan is in place.

I don't really care what these two are doing. I don't care if they're having a homosexual relationship and keeping it behind closed doors. JUST GET A DEAL DONE!

Can't lock in till there's no lockout.

best reason to hope: De Smith didn't repeat his U of Md commencement speech while Goodell was sitting next to him.

on the other hand --

our rookie NT, who I guess is at the symposium said:

TruckNeild Chris Neild
..sounds like a temp job is possibly in my future :( #endthelockout
5 minutes ago

That doesn't make it sound like the overall tone was upbeat.

http://nfllabor.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/commissionerderookie22.jpg?w=300&h=209

G: Well you see we were on the plane together, and I felt a connection between us just starting to grow.